Environment
Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes EU's call to halt peat-cutting in SACs
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has welcomed calls by the European Commission to halt peat-cutting activities within Special Areas of...
Environment
The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has welcomed calls by the European Commission to halt peat-cutting activities within Special Areas of...
biodiversity
The Irish Peat Conservation Council (IPCC) has planned several events to celebrate National Heritage Week from Saturday, August 13 to...
Environment
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has today (Monday, August 8) announced that he has approved...
Environment
To mark International Bog Day, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC), is hosting an event on Sunday, July 24 in...
Environment
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and European Investment Bank (EIB) vice-president, Christian Kettel-Thomsen have formally agreed...
Rural Life
A group of people from across the midlands ventured onto Cloncrow bog, near Tyrellspass in Co. Westmeath, with botanist Dr....
Environment
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has today (Thursday, May 19) announced funding of €160,000 for...
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting research proposals to explore land management and nitrous oxide from peatlands. Proposals will...
Environment
The Rural Ireland Organisation (RIO) has accused the government of using a health issue to justify the end of turf...
Rural Life
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) has announced a programme of events for the coming months as part of its...
Environment
The six-year ‘Living Bog’ project which was launched in 2016 is finishing up this month, and has presented its achievements...
Environment
Proposed EU legislation on rewetting drained farm peatlands could lead to protests if given the green light, according to a...
Environment
The “particular circumstances” of Ireland and Irish farmers have not been taken into account by the European Commission’s plans for...
Horticulture
The government dismissed a request to reconsider its previous rejection of a phased reduction in the use of peat by...
Rural Life
Applications are now being accepted for community projects on bogs and peatlands under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme for 2022....
Environment
A new report published by the EU Carbon-Connects and the EU Care-Peat project found that the restoration of peatland can...
Rural Life
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has welcomed the proposed development of Umeras Bog into a Peatlands Park, and has described...
Environment
Protecting and restoring peatlands can reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 800 million tonnes per year – equivalent to...