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 ...
Defiant turf cutters have claimed they won a battle against officials, but not the war. One man was arrested and another taken to hospital when his machinery was destroyed by fire as a stand-off ...
BOG CONSERVATION measures have come into effect with the banning of turf-cutting in 32 raised bogs, mainly in the midlands region. Minister for Environment John Gormley yesterday confirmed the ending ...
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 ...
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