This week on Ear to The Ground, the importance of community in rural Ireland; in search of a murmuration of starlings in Westmeath; and a Louth family who are milking their cows over the winter.

Ella is in Roscommon with a farmer who has made the heartbreaking decision to sell his prized sheep flock.

Darragh is in Meath where one farmer is giving away over 100,000 trees.

Stephen gets a lesson in hammer throwing from a Cork Olympian.