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Francis Doherty of Peter McVerry Trust, Chickens for the Garden & Improving Your Fitness From Your Own Home

Have you ever considered having a handful of laying hens in your garden? Just how easy or difficu...

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14.01 3 Jan 2020


Francis Doherty of Peter McVerry Trust, Chickens for the Garden & Improving Your Fitness From Your Own Home


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14.01 3 Jan 2020


Have you ever considered having a handful of laying hens in your garden? Just how easy or difficult is it to take care of them and how best might we protect them from those cunning foxes that roam our streets and hedgerows? Sinéad finds out about it with Pete Wedderburn 

Could homelessness be eliminated completely if the government got behind groups like the Peter McVerry Trust? Francis Doherty, their head of development joins Sinéad in studio to discuss.

Our resident architect & design expert Roisin Murphy will be discussing the quick things we can do at home to instantly brighten up a room without spending a fortune, and fit homes -what ways can you improve your fitness from the comfort of your own four walls?

You can email us at thehomeshow@newstalk.com

 


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