{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = RTÉ Ear to the Ground.jpg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = Indiepics | director = | creative_director = | developer = | presenter = Ronan Clarke (until 2007)<br/>Helen Carroll<br/>Darragh McCullough<br/>Ella McSweeney<br/>Maeve Dineen<small>(until February 2008)</small><br/>Mairead McGuinness<small>(until 2004)</small> | country = Ireland | language = English | num_series = 29 | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | network = RTÉ One | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = }} '''''Ear to the Ground''''' is a weekly television programme broadcast on Ireland's RTÉ One on Thursday evenings at 19:00pm. Repeated on Sundays at 13.10pm. It consists of reports about rural, countryside and environmental issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/eartotheground/|title=About The Show|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|accessdate=8 January 2009}}</ref> As of October 2021, it is in its twenty-ninth season. It is produced by Indiepics 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.
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==External links== * [http://www.rte.ie/tv/eartotheground/ ''Ear to the Ground''] at RTÉ Television
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