16 Facts About Ella McSweeney

Ella McSweeney was born on 31 October 1978 and is an Irish food and farming journalist and reporter.

Ella McSweeney has worked for BBC, RTE and the Guardian newspaper.

Ella McSweeney graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and is a post graduate student in food policy at City University, London.

Ella McSweeney graduated with a first-class honours degree in science - specialising in zoology - from Trinity College, Dublin.

Ella McSweeney began working for RTE Radio in 2000, producing Future Tense and Nature's Web.

Ella McSweeney then spent three years at BBC radio, television and online media in Belfast and London before returning to RTE in 2004.

Ella McSweeney presented and produced a number of RTE series, including The Green Light, Farm Week, RTE's Big Science Debate, as well as science documentaries for RTE's Documentary on One slot.

From 2004 to 2007, Ella McSweeney travelled around rural Ireland recording her wildlife and walking series Shanks Mare.

Ella McSweeney made the marine series Into the Deep, and the award-winning science series Mind Matters.

Ella McSweeney has reported for BBC Radio 4's Farming Today and the BBC Food Programme.

Ella McSweeney has presented RTE's award-winning food and farming series Ear to the Ground since 2008.

Ella McSweeney was a reporter for RTE television's investigative consumer series The Consumer Show in 2015.

Ella McSweeney presented a one-hour factual documentary on thoroughbred horses called "Power in the Blood" for RTE.

Ella McSweeney has written for the Guardian, Irish Times, Irish Examiner and other publications.

In 2000, Ella McSweeney was named Young Science Journalist of the Year for a documentary she made on the human genome project.

Ella McSweeney has won two national Agricultural Journalism Awards in Ireland for radio and print journalism, and in 2015 she won the International Federation of Agricultural Journalist star prize for broadcasting for her report on antibiotic use in Irish agriculture.