Darragh McCullough (born 1977) is an Irish journalist, broadcaster and farmer specialising in agricultural and rural affairs. He has worked for

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...

, the

Irish Farmers Journal The ''Irish Farmers Journal'' is a weekly newspaper (published Thursdays) which provides farming news, specialist advice, market data and country living features to the Irish agricultural industry. As of October 2019, it reportedly had a weekly ...

, and Independent News and Media. He is the longest serving presenter on RTÉ television's

Ear to the Ground ''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. As of October 2021, ...

programme, and was the deputy editor of the

Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet new ...

newspaper's Farming supplement.

Career

After graduating in 1999, McCullough worked on RTÉ Radio 1's farming news programmes, before moving in 2001 to television to present the farming, food and rural affairs programme, Ear to the Ground. At the same time he started working with the Irish Farmers Journal, where he wrote a weekly column, Darragh's Diary. In 2010 he switched to the Irish Independent newspaper's farming section. In 2014, he shared the best television award from the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists with his producer, Paula Williams for their Ear to the Ground story on Limerick farmer, Seamus Sherlock's battle to save his farm from repossession by the banks.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCullough, Darragh Living people Irish journalists 1977 births Alumni of University College Dublin