Turf-cutting will be allowed to continue on several of the 53 raised bogs of European importance under a long-term strategic plan for Ireland’s peatlands, the Government has decided.

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 ...

A turf cutter has vowed he will be back cutting turf on EU protected bogs in East Galway next month - weather permitting - after efforts by the State to prosecute four men failed at Galway Circuit ...

TURF-CUTTERS in the west ignored the presence of gardai at a 'protected' bog and spent the day cutting their traditional winter fuel.

Preparing for the All Ireland Turf Cutting Championships in Meedin bog in County Westmeath.

Turf cutting contractors in the midlands and the west have said they will defy an order by Bord na Móna, and proceed with plans to supply winter heating fuel to 4,000 families, unless the company ...

A turf cutter requires a licence to harvest peat from his land in a Tipperary bog designated a Natural Heritage Area (NHA), the High Court has ruled.

A COST OF almost €3.5 million was incurred by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht since 2011 for compensation to turf cutters.

A GROUP of Kerry turf-cutters are planning to bottle the smell of a sod of smouldering turf and export it to Europe and the US.