Rural Life
Heritage week: 'Have a different day on the bog'
‘Have a different kind of day on the bog’ learning about restoration is the call from national Heritage Week this...
Bogs
Environment
Events planned in Kildare to mark International Bog Day
To mark International Bog Day, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC), is hosting an event on Sunday, July 24 in...
Environment
EIB supports NPWS measures to protect peatland
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and European Investment Bank (EIB) vice-president, Christian Kettel-Thomsen have formally agreed...
Environment
€20m project to restore blanket bogs along west coast launched
The €20.6 million LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature project, aimed at restoring blanket bogs was officially launched today (Friday, May...
Environment
Heritage minister supports garda investigation into Galway bog fire
Heritage minister, Malcolm Noonan, has supported a full investigation by An Garda Siochána into the causes of a major fire...
biodiversity
Clara farmer to address European biodiversity conference
A Co. Offaly farmer with ancestral connections to Clara Bog will address a European biodiversity conference taking place this week....
Rural Life
The beauty of the bogs: Book focuses on Kerry peatlands
Many Agriland readers may associate bogs with long days of hard work, hungry midges and mugs of tea, but a...
Environment
'The lungs of Ireland' - first peatland restoration project in Co. Clare
The first raised-bog restoration and peatland rewetting project, Shanakyle Bog Restoration, located near Parteen in Co. Clare has recently been...
Environment
World Wetlands Day: Over 5,000ha of Irish bogs restored since 2018
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, has launched of a promotional video today (Wednesday, February 2)...
Horticulture
Government dismisses request to reconsider peat phase-out date - TD
The government dismissed a request to reconsider its previous rejection of a phased reduction in the use of peat by...
Rural Life
Peatlands: €500,000 community project scheme opens
Applications are now being accepted for community projects on bogs and peatlands under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme for 2022....
Agri Politics
Bord na Móna urged to 'put in writing' commitment to adjoining landowners
If Bord na Móna is certain that there won’t be a problem with lands adjoining its bogs in the midlands,...
Environment
Views on bog rewetting sought at farmer meeting tonight
Views and opinions from farmers on Bord na Móna’s bog rewetting programme are being sought for an online farmer meeting...
Environment
Cahill slams peat imports 'from other side of the continent'
TD Jackie Cahill yesterday (Thursday, February 4) rebuked the decision to shut down peat production in Ireland while importing peat...
Rural Life
ICMSA urges BNM to carry out 'independent survey' before rewetting
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called on Bord na Móna to carry out an “independent baseline survey”...
Environment
Ireland to voluntarily report impact of wetlands on greenhouse gas emissions
Ireland has opted to voluntarily report on the impact of managed wetland and bogs on greenhouse gas emissions and removals...
Environment
Concerns over potential of flooded farmland in BNM rewetting plan
Following the announcement today (Tuesday, November 24) that cabinet had approved €108 million in funding for a bog rehabilitation plan...
Environment
Green Party welcomes 'historic' BNM decision
The Green Party has welcomed the decision this week from Bord na Móna to cease peat harvesting and move onto...