Agri-Business
Farming on peat competition launched for young people
A new farming on peat competition invites students and young people working in agriculture to expand their knowledge of the...
Agri-Business
A new farming on peat competition invites students and young people working in agriculture to expand their knowledge of the...
Environment
Turf cutting on raised bogs in 2023 was down by almost 40% when compared with the previous year, the Department...
Environment
The European Commission has announced it will refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the EU for alleged failure...
Environment
The organisers of Transport Research Arena (TRA2024) have launched a €600,000 peatlands restoration undertaking in Co. Wicklow, as preparations continue...
Environment
The National Peatland Centre of Excellence planned for University of Galway will focus on working with farmers, sharing research and...
Environment
University of Galway has announced plans to establish the National Peatland Centre of Excellence to help tackle national and global...
Environment
A project examining peatland restoration in Ireland has today (Friday, November 24) claimed top honours at SciFest 2023. Jack Shannon,...
Agri-Business
Bord na Móna restored 5,500ha of natural peatlands over the past 12 months, according to the company’s annual financial results....
Rural Life
€17 million is being invested in creating a major tourism initiative based on the “sustainable” use of peatlands and wetlands,...
Environment
The views of the Irish farming and agriculture community are sought on a new project which seeks to identify knowledge...
Environment
A pair of rare common cranes returned from their overseas wintering grounds to successfully hatch a new chick in recent...
Environment
In Co. Letrim, ‘local campaigners’ and ‘climate activists’ allegedly engaged in the pulling up of tree saplings from Coillte peatland....
Environment
National Heritage Week 2023 runs from Saturday, August 12 to Sunday, August 20, and to celebrate the Irish Peatland Conservation...
Environment
Estimates of emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector are “highly uncertain”, according...
Rural Life
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) will hold a special event at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre in Lullymore,...
Environment
Funding of €290,000 has been announced today (Wednesday, July 5), for 24 local community groups and organisations to support projects...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has said it is “appalled” that the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 is set to be...
Agri-Business
In the midlands, 50 farmers with land adjacent to bogs have been part of the FarmPEAT European Innovation Partnerships (EIP)...