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EPISODE · Aug 26, 2026 · 6 MIN

What would the Irish diet look like without food imports?

from The Hard Shoulder

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, John Gibbons explored Ireland's food supply writing that “Despite the notion that Ireland is a 'food island', we import four fifths of our food and adding that we could be in a very “bad place if world food supplies dry up”...So, is it time to implement a more natural diet without the need to rely so heavily on  food imports for our diets?Joining Ciara to discuss this is Lisa Fingleton, author of ‘The Local Food Project’.

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