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# turf - Last year 2024

Pádraic Fogarty: Ireland's bogs are its rainforests — we have failed them
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Pádraic Fogarty: Ireland's bogs are its rainforests — we have failed them

Mar 16th 2024, 7:30 AM 13,420 Views 52 Comments

Ireland set to defend itself in case over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting
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Ireland set to defend itself in case over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting

Mar 14th 2024, 6:00 PM 7,014 Views 0 Comments

Ireland could face legal action over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting
# For Peat's Sake
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# For Peat's Sake

Ireland could face legal action over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting

Updated Mar 13th 2024, 8:39 PM 18,718 Views 98 Comments

Open fires strongly linked with respiratory disease in older Irish people
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Open fires strongly linked with respiratory disease in older Irish people

Mar 12th 2024, 6:30 AM 21,555 Views 113 Comments

# turf - All time

FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?
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FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?

Aug 31st 2023, 9:00 PM 22,415 Views 0 Comments

Opinion: Bord na Móna's former Derrinlough briquette factory should be preserved, not sold
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# Heritage

Opinion: Bord na Móna's former Derrinlough briquette factory should be preserved, not sold

Aug 2nd 2023, 12:05 AM 17,125 Views 21 Comments

Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy
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# Factcheck

Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy

Nov 29th 2022, 5:18 PM 21,386 Views 0 Comments

Cabinet agrees a ban on retail turf sales, as smoky coal ban extended
# Solid Fuels
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# Solid Fuels

Cabinet agrees a ban on retail turf sales, as smoky coal ban extended

Updated Jul 14th 2022, 2:35 PM 35,950 Views 36 Comments

'People might be reading too much into it': Eamon Ryan suggests peat briquettes won't be banned
# Smoky Fuels
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# Smoky Fuels

'People might be reading too much into it': Eamon Ryan suggests peat briquettes won't be banned

May 6th 2022, 8:21 AM 22,469 Views 48 Comments

FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
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# Factfind

FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?

May 6th 2022, 12:05 AM 18,222 Views 52 Comments

Govt won't oppose fresh Dáil motion challenging turf sale restrictions
# Turf Wars
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# Turf Wars

Govt won't oppose fresh Dáil motion challenging turf sale restrictions

Updated May 4th 2022, 9:42 PM 27,386 Views 28 Comments

'How many deaths should we tolerate?': Eamon Ryan compares turf plans to the smoking ban
# Turf Wars Burn On
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# Turf Wars Burn On

'How many deaths should we tolerate?': Eamon Ryan compares turf plans to the smoking ban

Apr 28th 2022, 1:34 PM 29,024 Views 102 Comments

Govt told to 'go back to the bog' as Taoiseach pledges 'no ban on use of turf this year'
# Turf Wars
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# Turf Wars

Govt told to 'go back to the bog' as Taoiseach pledges 'no ban on use of turf this year'

Updated Apr 27th 2022, 3:41 PM 32,948 Views 58 Comments

Backbenchers tell Eamon Ryan that turf sale restrictions is putting Govt stability in jeopardy
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# Fossil Fuels

Backbenchers tell Eamon Ryan that turf sale restrictions is putting Govt stability in jeopardy

Updated Apr 26th 2022, 6:53 PM 22,855 Views 53 Comments

Dáil turf wars: Eamon Ryan seeks to unite coalition against Sinn Féin motion
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# Fossil Fuels

Dáil turf wars: Eamon Ryan seeks to unite coalition against Sinn Féin motion

Apr 26th 2022, 9:46 AM 45,471 Views 81 Comments

'We won’t put your granny in prison for burning turf', says Ryan doubling down on no pause comments
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# Emissions

'We won’t put your granny in prison for burning turf', says Ryan doubling down on no pause comments

Updated Apr 14th 2022, 12:15 PM 26,423 Views 51 Comments

Poll: Should there be a ban on the sale of turf?
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# Peat

Poll: Should there be a ban on the sale of turf?

Apr 14th 2022, 9:31 AM 45,700 Views 67 Comments

Removing turf-cutting from rural Ireland would be like removing wine from the French - Varadkar
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# Turf Wars

Removing turf-cutting from rural Ireland would be like removing wine from the French - Varadkar

Updated Apr 13th 2022, 6:45 PM 50,683 Views 112 Comments

Calls to allow commercial peat harvesting but expert says it would be a 'bad step' for climate
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# Turf

Calls to allow commercial peat harvesting but expert says it would be a 'bad step' for climate

Mar 10th 2022, 6:01 PM 17,475 Views 40 Comments

Peat was cut at 280 plots in protected bogs last year without State consent
# Peat Sake
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# Peat Sake

Peat was cut at 280 plots in protected bogs last year without State consent

Jan 13th 2022, 12:05 AM 30,696 Views 41 Comments

Cabinet approves €108 million funding for Bord na Móna rehabilitation plan
# Boglands
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# Boglands

Cabinet approves €108 million funding for Bord na Móna rehabilitation plan

Nov 24th 2020, 10:30 PM 20,314 Views 31 Comments

Bord na Móna employees will continue to turn up for work every day despite attempted lay-offs
# Bord Na Móna
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# Bord Na Móna

Bord na Móna employees will continue to turn up for work every day despite attempted lay-offs

Apr 30th 2020, 4:50 PM 17,212 Views 17 Comments

'A great day for rural Ireland': Turf-cutting trial collapses in Galway
# Protected Bogs
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# Protected Bogs

'A great day for rural Ireland': Turf-cutting trial collapses in Galway

Feb 19th 2020, 7:50 AM 40,354 Views 83 Comments

'I do feel let down': Midlands Bord na Móna workers in documentary on peat transition
# TG4
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# TG4

'I do feel let down': Midlands Bord na Móna workers in documentary on peat transition

Feb 5th 2020, 12:47 PM 16,174 Views 19 Comments

Saoirse McHugh: The end of turf-cutting brings opportunities to increase our energy independence
# Column
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# Column

Saoirse McHugh: The end of turf-cutting brings opportunities to increase our energy independence

Nov 24th 2019, 8:30 PM 31,892 Views 46 Comments

'This is about heritage and tradition': Turf cutters say the new bogs strategy won't solve the problem
# Turf War
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# Turf War

'This is about heritage and tradition': Turf cutters say the new bogs strategy won't solve the problem

Dec 22nd 2017, 11:05 AM 12,629 Views 68 Comments

These lads from Kildare went to serious lengths to transport their turf home from the bog
# Turfed Out Of It
# Turfed Out Of It

These lads from Kildare went to serious lengths to transport their turf home from the bog

Jul 29th 2016, 9:30 AM 6,028 Views 0 Comments

Michael Fitzmaurice is leaving the Independent Alliance
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# Opposition

Michael Fitzmaurice is leaving the Independent Alliance

May 18th 2016, 9:09 PM 30,391 Views 50 Comments

A Leitrim man's epic swearing at a turf truck was caught on video
# Bog Standard
# Bog Standard

A Leitrim man's epic swearing at a turf truck was caught on video

Dec 14th 2015, 8:08 AM 7,166 Views 6 Comments

Bogfit is back with some excellent tips on footin' and haaapin' the turf
# Haaapin' Turf
# Haaapin' Turf

Bogfit is back with some excellent tips on footin' and haaapin' the turf

Jun 24th 2015, 7:38 AM 3,532 Views 1 Comment

'Bogfit' is the newest (and greatest) fitness craze to sweep Ireland
# Turn That Turf
# Turn That Turf

'Bogfit' is the newest (and greatest) fitness craze to sweep Ireland

Jun 12th 2015, 8:10 AM 6,201 Views 1 Comment

Turf cutter Michael Fitzmaurice to contest Roscommon/South Leitrim by-election
# Endorsed By Ming
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# Endorsed By Ming

Turf cutter Michael Fitzmaurice to contest Roscommon/South Leitrim by-election

Sep 9th 2014, 10:53 PM 6,498 Views 25 Comments

Your television may be running on turf. Really
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# Bog Cuttings

Your television may be running on turf. Really

Sep 1st 2014, 6:45 AM 10,539 Views 23 Comments

Appeal issued over unauthorised bog cutting
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# Bogs

Appeal issued over unauthorised bog cutting

Jul 11th 2014, 9:15 AM 9,939 Views 116 Comments

Light my fire: Independent candidate launches local election bid with burning turf parade
# All Fired Up
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# All Fired Up

Light my fire: Independent candidate launches local election bid with burning turf parade

Mar 24th 2014, 3:45 PM 13,802 Views 27 Comments

Turf cutters take High Court action to halt their prosecution
# Bogs
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# Bogs

Turf cutters take High Court action to halt their prosecution

Mar 10th 2014, 6:19 PM 9,490 Views 0 Comments

New strategy on bogs "treats science as something to be bargained away"
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# Turf

New strategy on bogs "treats science as something to be bargained away"

Jan 16th 2014, 8:39 AM 6,534 Views 94 Comments

Government publishes plan to allow turf cutting on more bogs
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# Bogs

Government publishes plan to allow turf cutting on more bogs

Jan 15th 2014, 2:52 PM 6,933 Views 22 Comments

US customers paying $49 for briquettes so their houses can smell like Ireland
# For Peat's Sake
# For Peat's Sake

US customers paying $49 for briquettes so their houses can smell like Ireland

Oct 23rd 2013, 6:00 PM 29,402 Views 85 Comments

Turf cutters dispute latest Deenihan comments on bogs
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# Environment

Turf cutters dispute latest Deenihan comments on bogs

Oct 10th 2013, 11:15 PM 5,162 Views 26 Comments

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