TURF CUTTERS, farmers and home owners in south rural Sligo decided to join a nationwide protest outised Dàil Eireann last week against proposed measures to prevent turf being saved on bogs in the ...

The 2011 deadline has finally set a date for the remaining turf-cutters on the large raised peat bog, who have been campaigning to retain their turf-cutting or ?turbary? rights in the face of the ...

Turf cutter Jack Conaway was cutting peat for fuel in the Emlagh bog when he made a surprising and smelly discovery. Buried 12 feet under, Conaway found a massive 22 pound (10 kilogram) chunk of ...

So, while it would be overstatement to suggest that the moors of Lewis are as busy with peat-cutters as they were at one time, it is now quite common, as you drive across the island, to see the ...

‘I would sooner do time in Mountjoy’: A turf-cutter on his right to take fuel from the bog Matt Corbett’s winter haul is already stacked.

A prehistoric 10 kilo lump of bog butter thought to have been a gift to the gods has been found by turf cutters.

The controversial turf-cutting ban will be lifted on the country's most heavily cut sites under new plans unveiled by the Government.

Turf cutters 'back on the bog' as demand soars for solid fuels Updated / Wednesday, 7 Sep 2022 21:00 Kenneth Watts, from Ballyglunin, Co Galway, has seen more people out cutting turf this year ...