Environment
'No new job losses in peatland rehabilitation plan' - BNM
Bord na Móna’s plan for suspending peat harvesting and beginning its Enhanced Peatland Rehabilitation Scheme (EPRS) “ensures that there will...
Bogs
Environment
€12.4 million bog conservation project delayed by Covid-19
An EU-funded project aimed at conserving habitats and protecting blanket bogs in the west and north-west has been delayed because...
Environment
Commission announces projects for blanket bogs and water quality
The European Commission Representation in Ireland has announced two new EU-funded projects aimed at restoring Ireland’s blanket bogs and improving...
Rural Life
'Madness continues in Dáil' - Fitzmaurice on turf ban threat
“The madness continues in Dáil Éireann,” says independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice – who claims that both Fianna Fáil and Fine...
Agri Politics
'There are bogs that should never have been designated in the first place'
Turf cutters who were forced to cease the tradition because of an EU directive may be allowed back onto the...
Environment
'Turf cutting is brilliant for my mental health' - Flanagan
The owners of bogs and peatlands should receive payments on a per hectare basis for sequestering carbon, according to independent...
Environment
Cutaway bogs to be absorbed into decarbonisation programme
There has been much discussion about Bord na Móna cutaway bogs in recent times and what the semi-state body plans...
Environment
Fitzmaurice slams committee's 'cuckoo cloud' bog proposal
Michael Fitzmaurice, independent TD for Galway-Roscommon, has said he believes “it would be unwise” of the Government to “go after...
Agri-Business
BNM deploys new excavators for bog rehabilitation work
Bord na Mona (BNM) has deployed two new excavators on its lands as part of a plan to re-wet thousands of...
Agri-Business
Bord na Mona forecasts 50% job losses in peat by 2030
Bord na Mona (BNM) expects to decrease its peat-related employment by up to 50% over the next 12 years, acting...
CAP / Schemes
Over €22m paid to turf cutters under compensation scheme
Some €22.6m has been paid out to turf cutters to date under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (CTCCS), data...
Environment
Is your raised bog one of 46 to be de-designated? Find out here
The drafting of legislation has been approved for the de-designation of 46 raised bog Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs), the Minister...
Environment
Bord na Mona is to stop harvesting peat for energy use
The 125,000ac of bogland that are now being used to provide energy peat to three powerstations will transition to new uses...