Almost 70% of peat bogs were in the western counties of Donegal, Kerry, Galway and Mayo in 2018, according to...
May 25, 2021
Government must push for a European Council of Ministers proposal on management of peat soils to be withdrawn, according to...
April 12, 2021
Bord na Móna has been called on to provide a “written agreement” to farmers who have land adjacent to or...
March 22, 2021
Farm organisations are being urged to “come together” and reach a written agreement with Bord na Móna (BNM) to resolve...
February 22, 2021
Views and opinions from farmers on Bord na Móna’s bog rewetting programme are being sought for an online farmer meeting...
February 16, 2021
€2.2 million funding for two peatland projects has been announced by the Minister of State for land use and biodiversity...
February 12, 2021
Fianna Fáil TD Joe Flaherty has urged Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, to consider Lanesboro and Corlea Trackway Visitor...
February 8, 2021
On World Wetlands Day today (Tuesday, February 2), Green Party Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Pippa Hackett have welcomed the announcement...
February 2, 2021
The closing date of the open call for a new locally-led scheme for rewetting farmed peatlands is Friday (November 6)....
November 3, 2020
The closing date for applications under an open call for a ‘locally led’ rewetting scheme has been extended by two...
October 20, 2020
The Minister of State with responsibility for heritage Malcolm Noonan said he is proposing to set up a working group...
September 7, 2020
Minister of State with responsibility for heritage Malcolm Noonan has announced today (Friday, September 4) that grant funding of just...
September 4, 2020
Minister of State for land use and biodiversity Pippa Hackett has launched an open call for new locally-led schemes for...
August 17, 2020
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) is calling for sheep to be taken off hills to “allow restoration of upland and...
July 22, 2020
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) is examining the quality of over 1,000 peatlands of conservation importance in Ireland. According...
July 9, 2020
Bord na Móna’s plan for suspending peat harvesting and beginning its Enhanced Peatland Rehabilitation Scheme (EPRS) “ensures that there will...
June 17, 2020
An Irish raised bog restoration project has been nominated for one of Europe’s top environmental awards. The Living Bog project,...
June 2, 2020
If we go back to the United Nations (UN) framework convention on climate change 1992 – the issues are all...
September 12, 2019
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