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Canadian Sphagnum peat moss Photo: Ragesoss

Letter warns Minister for Agriculture over booming peat bedding market

27th, September 2018 An environmental group has called on to the Minister for Agriculture to exercise his powers to tell Teagasc to “refrain” from providing advice on the use of peat for animal bedding. As well as being used for electricity generation, domestic fuel and in horticulture, peat can act Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 6 yearsSeptember 27, 2018 ago

Biodiversity

Large-scale peat extraction at Westmeath bog an ‘ecological disaster’

September 17th, 2018 One of Ireland’s largest peat harvesting companies stands accused of the unlicensed stripping of peat from a bog at a site in Co Westmeath currently subject to court proceedings. According to Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE), Harte Peat has been excavating wet peat at an alarming Read more…

By Manus Boyle, 6 yearsSeptember 17, 2018 ago