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 ...
MINISTER FOR Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan has revealed that his family bog in Kerry, where generations of his relatives have cut turf, is one of those where the traditional practice ...
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 ...
A prehistoric 10 kilo lump of bog butter thought to have been a gift to the gods has been found by turf cutters. The creamy white dairy product, which smells like a strong cheese and is believed to be ...
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 ...