Ear to the Ground

To mark the 25th series, Ear to the Ground revisits three stories from its first episode back in 1993.

The team examine an invasive species on the banks of the River Nore and meet a Cork dairy farmer who now owns an orchard with 21,000 trees.

The team visits a farm in Kilkenny which has hired milkers from the Farm Relief Scheme and check out restoration work undertaken at Coolattin Wood.

Helen Carroll visits the fishing communities of Howth in Co Dublin and Dunmore East in Co Waterford to learn about the impact of Brexit.

Darragh McCullough goes to Aherla in Co Cork to chat to 2017 Farmer of the Year Peter Hynes and his family.

Helen is in Co Wexford to meet Michael Walsh to learn about his salmon smoking business.

The team visit Kildorrery in Co Cork, a rural village kept alive by the tenacity of the local community.

Darragh McCullough sees how a Westmeath family farm has changed since a frightening health scare. Ella McSweeney meets Donegal men saving a rare Irish cattle breed from extinction.

Topical farming and environmental show. Helen meets a Co Laois family starting up a whole new porridge making business.

Ella McSweeney meets one of the longest living transplant recipients in Ireland and his donor brother and Darragh McCullough visits a herb farm in Co. Meath that has grown from two rented acres to a multi-million-euro business.

Darragh MCullough is in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, to find out how farmer Clive Williamson manages to balance his agricultural work with volunteering for mountain rescue.

This week Irish model Thalia Heffernan investigates the growth of veganism in Ireland, we visit Carraig Dúlra a social enterprise that provides education related to sustainable living, and meet a 22-year-old who chose farming over a Pharmacy degree.

Darragh McCullough meets some of the people who discovered horse carcasses in fields in Knocklofty, just outside Clonmel, Co Tipperary.

Helen Carroll went to Co Offaly to see the effect of consistent floodings have had on Paddy Towey’s farm in Shannon Harbour.

Helen Carroll reports on attacks on sheep in Lismacaffry, Neil Crossan meets a Co Donegal worm farmer, and Ella McSweeney investigates the demand for organic cattle feed.