Ear to the Ground | |
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Created by | Independent Pictures |
Presented by | Ronan Clarke (until 2007) Helen Carroll Darragh McCullough Ella McSweeney Maeve Dineen(until February 2008) Mairead McGuinness(until 2004) |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 16 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | RTÉ One |
External links | |
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Ear to the Ground is a weekly television programme broadcast on Ireland's RTÉ One on Thursday evenings at 20:30. It consists of reports about rural, countryside and environmental issues. Currently in its sixteenth season, it is produced by Independent Pictures and presented by Ella McSweeney, Darragh McCullough and Helen Carroll. Previous presenters include Maeve Dineen, who left after the fifteenth season and the long-running Mairead McGuinness, who later became a Member of the European Parliament for Fine Gael. The show is repeated on RTÉ One after the lunchtime news each Sunday.