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  • Ella McSweeney

    Ella McSweeney

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    Watch Ear to the Ground tonight at 7pm on RTÉ One.

    The farmers at the front line of our climate crisis

    living • 18 Nov 21
    Watch Ear to the Ground tonight at 7pm on RTÉ One. #ettg

    The Irish farmer tackling nitrogen pollution

    Watch Ear to the Ground tonight at 7pm on RTÉ One. #ettg

    living • 18 Feb 21
    This farmer looks to the past for his future.

    The farmer running his land on 'cattle power'

    "We're organic farmers here. We're not using artificial pesticides, we're trying to protect the environment."

    living • 28 Jan 21
    Yellowhammer. Photo: Jim Wilson

    Where have all the farmland birds gone?

    Watch Ear To The Ground, Thursdays at 7pm, on RTÉ One.

    living • 14 Jan 21
    Watch Ear to the Ground on RTÉ One on Thursdays at 8.30pm.

    Farmers raising money for a better death

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    living • 17 Dec 20
    Watch Ear to the Ground on Thursdays at 8.30pm on RTÉ One #ettg.

    ETTG: The couple who took back control of their farm

    Watch Ear to the Ground on Thursdays at 8.30pm on RTÉ One #ettg.

    living • 03 Dec 20
    Watch Ear To The Ground on Thursday 19 November on RTÉ One.

    This couple transformed the family farm into a successful brewery

    Watch Ear To The Ground on Thursday 19 November on RTÉ One.

    living • 19 Nov 20
    There are pearl mussels alive today that were born in the 1890s...

    The Irish farmers working to save Ireland's oldest animal

    Watch Ear to the Ground on RTÉ One, Thursdays at 8.30pm and catch-up on the RTÉ Player.

    living • 12 Nov 20
    Everything changed for the couple when they spotted a farm nestled in a majestic glen known as Gleann na nGealt - the 'valley of the mad'

    The Kerry couple that took a very big leap into the unknown

    Watch Ear to the Ground on RTÉ One, Thursdays at 8.30pm.

    living • 06 Nov 20
    Ear To The Ground returns to RTÉ ONE, 20:30, Thursday 22 October.

    Ella McSweeney on Irish oysters and Covid-19

    Ear To The Ground returns to RTÉ ONE, 20:30, Thursday 22 October.

    living • 22 Oct 20

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