Sir, – In “A rural scene that’s dead and gone” accompanying a 1983 photograph of a manual turf-cutter, Arminta Wallace summarises the current impasse on boglands as: “The thing is, it’s not wrong to ...

Preparing for the All Ireland Turf Cutting Championships in Meedin bog in County Westmeath. In spite of new technology, traditional methods of turf cutting are tried and trusted and will take a long ...

Over €28.7 million has been paid out to date under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme, according to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan. Minister ...

The Turf Cutters and Contractors Association said it will not accept the Government’s offer of €1,000 a year in compensation. “We never looked for compensation, all we look for is to continue our ...

Gardaí in a white van observed from a distance as a token cutting operation proceeded at Moanveanlagh, outside Listowel, one of 53 Irish raised bogs on which turf-cutting is banned under an EU ...

Defiant Irish turf cutters have won a small victory over the European Union with the not guilty verdict that was handed down earlier this week for four men accused of breaching a 2011 European ...

Westmeath members of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA ) have called for a fairer deal to be awarded to turf cutters following the announcement by the Government on a compensation ...

When Bord na Móna announced this year that it was ending peat harvesting, it sparked fear among domestic turf cutters. We talk to those who feel a near-spiritual connection to the bog and worry that ...

Turf-cutters in the west estimate that more than 30 of the 53 raised bogs where harvesting is banned have been cut so far this summer in defiance of EU habitats directive restrictions. Two bogs, at ...

Turf cutting contractors in the midlands and the west have said they will defy an order by Bord na Móna, and proceed with plans to supply winter heating fuel to 4,000 families, unless the company ...

An Irish MEP has voiced concerns about the potential impact of a turf cutting case being taken by the European Commission against Ireland. Midlands North West MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan was speaking ...

THE State is to spend more than €11m compensating bog-owners who will be banned from cutting turf from the end of this year. Environment Minister Phil Hogan yesterday announced details of a ...