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 garda walks past a fire damaged tracked machine at Clonmoylan Bog near Woodford Luke Flanagan TD at Clonmoylan Bog near Woodford during a standoff between National Parks and Wildlife Service over ...

European officials have raised "serious concerns" about continued illegal turf-cutting in Ireland and urged people to stop doing it. As four men charged in connection with cutting turf on a special ...