Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has today (Thursday, May 19) announced funding of €160,000 for...
May 19, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting research proposals to explore land management and nitrous oxide from peatlands. Proposals will...
May 18, 2022
The Rural Ireland Organisation (RIO) has accused the government of using a health issue to justify the end of turf...
May 11, 2022
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) has announced a programme of events for the coming months as part of its...
May 1, 2022
The six-year ‘Living Bog’ project which was launched in 2016 is finishing up this month, and has presented its achievements...
March 8, 2022
Proposed EU legislation on rewetting drained farm peatlands could lead to protests if given the green light, according to a...
February 25, 2022
The “particular circumstances” of Ireland and Irish farmers have not been taken into account by the European Commission’s plans for...
February 24, 2022
The government dismissed a request to reconsider its previous rejection of a phased reduction in the use of peat by...
January 27, 2022
Applications are now being accepted for community projects on bogs and peatlands under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme for 2022....
January 7, 2022
A new report published by the EU Carbon-Connects and the EU Care-Peat project found that the restoration of peatland can...
January 4, 2022
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has welcomed the proposed development of Umeras Bog into a Peatlands Park, and has described...
November 12, 2021
Protecting and restoring peatlands can reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 800 million tonnes per year – equivalent to...
November 9, 2021
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has visited the Peatland Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow to see the “global significance” of peatlands...
November 2, 2021
‘Connecting communities with peatlands’, led by Irish Rural Link andthe Community Wetlands Form, will launch on Monday, October 18, at...
October 10, 2021
The peatlands community of Ireland and further afield is coming together for Peatlands Gathering 2021 later this week (Thursday, October...
October 5, 2021
Future land management schemes could pay landowners to maintain peatland through low-impact farming methods. The Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040...
June 10, 2021
Northern Ireland Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has launched a public consultation on a new 20-year plan to restore the region’s...
Almost 70% of peat bogs were in the western counties of Donegal, Kerry, Galway and Mayo in 2018, according to...
May 25, 2021
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