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18/02/2026

Just 3 years ago the pig sector in Ireland was in crisis. Years of low prices and rising costs meant farmers amassing debt with many seeing no other choice but to leave the sector.

The economics of pig farming have since stabilised - but is that enough to keep farmers rearing pigs?

Darragh McCullough meets one young farmer from Tipperary who has committed her future to the sector.

| tomorrow at 7pm |

29/01/2026

While the hot school meals scheme supports all primary pupils across Ireland, some rural schools are facing real challenges.

Darragh McCullough spent the day with Duhallow Community Food Services in Co Cork, seeing how fresh meals cooked daily with local suppliers can work.

📺 | tonight at 7pm on

21/01/2026

“You don’t know whose life you’ll impact that day”

Christy suffers a heart attack and is rushed from Waterford University Hospital to CUH to assess and limit the damage

continues tonight at 9:35pm
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21/01/2026

After losing his job, Eamon Crowley bought equipment, rehired some of his former colleagues, and started again. Today, he grows over 1,000 tonnes of onions supplying some of Ireland’s biggest food producers.

Stephen Robb visits West Cork to see why growing onions in Ireland is no easy feat 🧅😭

📺 Ear to the Ground
🕖 Tomorrow, 7pm on RTÉ

15/01/2026

On Ear to the Ground tonight: Athlone sees 10,000+ farmers protest the EU–Mercosur deal. Darragh McCullough on the ground to gauge the mood of those affected. 🌾

| 7pm tonight | &

14/01/2026

Any Given Day: Cork University Hospital is back on your screens tonight.

We capture staff shifts and patient journeys - each story told as it unfolds across one day.

| 9:35pm Tonight | &

08/01/2026

On tonight’s ETTG, Stephen meets two Wicklow farmers who’ve leased 60 acres of pasture to a solar farm now connected to the national grid.

Two years on, they reflect on their renewable journey and the realities of putting productive farmland into solar.

📺 Ear to the Ground | tonight at 7pm on

07/01/2026

Tomorrow night on Ear to the Ground 🐑

At just 14 years old, Heather Anne is already a seasoned sheep farmer.

Farming since she was ‘knee-high to a grasshopper’…
Tough roots in Sligo🖤🤍

| | 7pm tomorrow (Thursday)

18/12/2025

Bluetongue reaches Irish shores 🦟

A suspected outbreak near Bangor, Co Down has put animal health authorities on high alert.

Following reports from DAERA on November 29th, the viral disease, spread by midges, is now being closely monitored, with major implications for animal welfare and the agricultural economy.

Tonight, Stephen Robb is in Belfast to see how the situation is being managed on the ground.

Catch the report on Ear to the Ground 📺
🗓 Thursday
⏰ 7pm

17/12/2025

From farm to 3D-printed toys 🎨

In the run-up to Christmas, Ella spends the day with a teacher and toy-maker, shaped by his farming roots.

Adam is running his own toy company- making 3D-printed toys that help calm and engage children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Catch his story on Ear to the Ground 📺
🗓 Thursday
⏰ 7pm

17/12/2025

Gen Z farmers are turning up the heat 🔥
As a new generation steps into adulthood, they’re redefining what farming, and their futures, look like.

This week, Darragh is in Waterford to meet a dairy farmer whose side business is steam-ing ahead - running a mobile sauna & whirlpool bath on the coastline, overlooking the family farm.

Catch his story on Ear to the Ground 📺
🗓 Thursday
⏰ 7pm

10/12/2025

When AI meets cattle-scanning, the future of farming gets real 🤝

Darragh travels to Cork to see the new tech in action.

Tomorrow eve | 7pm | &

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