TURF-CUTTERS in the west ignored the presence of gardai at a 'protected' bog and spent the day cutting their traditional winter fuel. Up to 70 people with turf-cutting rights turned up from 5am ...

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 ...

Which sod cutter is best? Your lawn gets tired and worn out for many reasons. Sometimes invasive weeds take over and choke out your grasses. Ugly bare spots are caused by animal urine, fungal diseases ...

Turf-cutters in the west estimate that more than 30 of the 53 raised bogs where harvesting is banned have been cut so far this summer in defiance of EU habitats directive restrictions. Two bogs, at ...

AN IMPROVED compensation package for displaced turf cutters using raised bogs has been announced by Minister for Heritage Jimmy Deenihan. He said the annuity payment would be increased from €1,000 to ...

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 ...