Ear to the Ground visits Mayo this week

EAR to the Ground will visit an oyster farm in Achill in this week's episode.

Life on the islands along Ireland’s western coast has always been hard. And over the years many young people have left to pursue better opportunities elsewhere.

Hugh O’Malley was one of those. But he’s now back on Achill Island and farming oysters.

Maeve Dineen travelled to Achill to help with the harvesting in the rush to meet Christmas orders.

The programme will air this Thursday (December 21) on RTÉ One at 7 p.m. It will be repeated on Sunday, December 24, on RTÉ One at 1.06 p.m.

Also this week, the programme is in Donegal with a family looking to adopt a donkey and they also catch up with a Wexford postwoman on her Christmas delivery route.