TURF CUTTERS have struck a deal which could prevent Ireland facing a backdated fine of €26,000 plus interest per day, spanning back almost two decades, for cutting turf on protected bogs. Under the ...

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Sir, The Turf Cutters and Contractors Association believes that small scale domestic turf cutting and active raised bog habitat conservation can co-exist and that the Government's compensation package ...

Heritage minister Jimmy Deenihan confirmed the lifting of the ban would ensure around 2,500 active turf-cutters were allowed to cut in the affected areas. "Most of our peatlands have been altered by ...

TURF cutters from all over the country will come to the aid of their North Kerry colleagues if a ban on cutting turf on Moanveanlagh bog outside Listowel is enforced next year. This was decided at a ...

The Government looks set to renew its efforts to comply with European laws that prohibit turf-cutting on 53 raised bogs in the State. Minister for Arts and Heritage Heather Humphreys briefed her ...

Letters to the Editor: Summer time and the livin' is easy... The days are getting longer, today is the spring equinox, and the clocks spring forward next week. For one reader, the extra daylight can't ...

John O’Connor and Christopher McCarthy of Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co Kerry, are charged with unauthorised turf-cutting on a designated area of conservation, Moanveanlagh Bog, outside Listowel. They are due ...

Irish state broadcaster RTE reported that more than 100 cutters gathered in Monivea, County Galway, on Saturday and machinery was brought in to cut turf. The broadcaster said more than 30 people also ...