We are delighted to welcome renowned Irish broadcaster, Ella McSweeney, to our Board of Directors. As a Trustee, Ella brings with her a deep understanding of wild salmon conservation, wider land management and conservation issues, and expertise from a stellar career in broadcasting and communication.
Ella studied zoology at Trinity College Dublin before starting her broadcasting career with RTÉ Radio in 2000, producing Future Tense and Nature’s Web. After three years with the BBC in Belfast and London, she returned to RTÉ in 2004, where she created and presented several science and nature programmes including The Green Light, Farm Week, Mind Matters, and Shanks Mare. Her work has also featured on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today, The Food Programme, and other international documentaries.
Since 2008, Ella has presented RTÉ’s award-winning Ear to the Ground, and has also fronted Living Lightly, The Consumer Show, Power in the Blood, and the 2020 series Open for Business. As a journalist, she has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and The Irish Examiner, notably contributing to The Guardian’s 2015 investigation into migrant labour in Ireland’s fishing industry.
Ella has a BSc in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin, and a postgraduate masters in Food Policy from City University, London.
In January 2025 Ella hosted the Missing Salmon Alliance’s Wild Salmon Connections conference at Fishmongers’ Hall in London – the most significant gathering of wild salmon conservation groups from across the world in recent years.
We are thrilled to welcome Ella to the Atlantic Salmon Trust and look forward to harnessing her expertise to help our work, and its importance, reach new audiences.
