The peat bogs of Ireland are an iconic part of its rural landscape. But a fierce donnybrook has erupted over the harvesting of peat, known locally as turf cutting. Recently enacted European Union ...

THE world is on the brink of World War Three and potential nuclear armageddon and our politicians main concern this week was . . . TURF. Which goes to show that, in Ireland, 100 years after ...

Now that summer has yielded to autumn, the weather is cooler, and worries about keeping homes warm are foremost in some people's minds. Demand for solid fuel - and especially for timber - is soaring, ...

(CNN) — Turf cutter Jack Conaway was cutting peat for fuel in the Emlagh bog when he made a surprising and smelly discovery. Buried 12 feet under, Conaway found a massive 22 pound (10 kilogram) chunk ...

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country's midlands collecting sun-dried turf. The ...

Sir, I write on behalf of Butterfly Conservation Ireland regarding an article that appeared in your paper last week, headed 'EU Turf-cutting ban will prove fatal for rare butterfly', in which reporter ...

The country has been put on notice by the European Commission Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We have more newsletters Get daily headlines and ...

The case against two men for cutting turf on protected bogs on the Galway/Roscommon border nine years ago has been thrown out at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. The court heard that the State wished to ...

Matt Corbett reckons the best thing about cutting turf is that you get to disappear into silence for the day. From early April to June, locals driving the narrow Connemara road past Carna towards ...

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