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Removal of peat planning requirement a ‘free pass’ for unauthorized extraction

February 6th, 2019 The Government’s decision to remove large-scale peat extraction from the planning system offers a “’free pass” for peat companies to continue unauthorised extraction across the country, environmentalists have warned. On 25 January, the Minister for Planning Eoghan Murphy TD published new regulations to exempt peat extraction of Read more…