Ear to the Ground is ringing in an incredible twenty-five-years tonight on RTÉ One. The programme will revisit three stories from its first episode way back in 1993.
Looking back over the past twenty-five years, Helen Carroll and the team will discover just how much has changed in the Irish countryside. Will pollution and water quality have improved or worsened during that time? Helen is determined to find out.
In 1993, John Power won an All-Ireland hurling title with Kilkenny along with an All-Star award. On tonight's episode of Ear to the Ground, Helen visits John and his farm in Callan to find out how he grew his farm from 80 cows to 480.
A quarter of a century on, John reflects on an eventful hurling and farming career.
Ella McSweeney takes a look at the pearl mussel in Co. Laois which has become an endangered species. She speaks to farmer Tom Dunne about his efforts to reduce farm pollution and create a cleaner countryside.
Later in the episode, Darragh McCullough checks out the state of Ireland's cereal growing sector.
In 1993, satellite imagery was being used for the first time to monitor farm crops. Now, Kevin Nolan explains how he uses GPS positioning to auto steer their machinery and save both time and money in the field.
Ear to the Ground is on RTÉ One tonight, Thursday November 2, at 8:30pm.
