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Turf
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This year
2024
Voices
Pádraic Fogarty: Ireland's bogs are its rainforests — we have failed them
Pádraic Fogarty
16 Mar
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52
Europe
Ireland set to defend itself in case over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting
14 Mar
7.0k
for peat's sake
Ireland could face legal action over failure to protect peat bogs from turf cutting
Updated 13 Mar
18.0k
98
air quality
Open fires strongly linked with respiratory disease in older Irish people
12 Mar
21.3k
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Last year
2023
FACTCHECK
FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?
31 Aug 2023
21.5k
Voices
Opinion: Bord na Móna's former Derrinlough briquette factory should be preserved, not sold
Dr Patrick Bresnihan & Emma Gilleece
2 Aug 2023
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21
All time
FACTCHECK
Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy
29 Nov 2022
21.2k
Solid Fuels
Cabinet agrees a ban on retail turf sales, as smoky coal ban extended
Updated 14 Jul 2022
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smoky fuels
'People might be reading too much into it': Eamon Ryan suggests peat briquettes won't be banned
6 May 2022
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48
FACTCHECK
FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
6 May 2022
18.1k
52
turf wars
Govt won't oppose fresh Dáil motion challenging turf sale restrictions
Updated 4 May 2022
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28
turf wars burn on
'How many deaths should we tolerate?': Eamon Ryan compares turf plans to the smoking ban
28 Apr 2022
29.0k
102
turf wars
Govt told to 'go back to the bog' as Taoiseach pledges 'no ban on use of turf this year'
Updated 27 Apr 2022
32.9k
58
Fossil Fuels
Backbenchers tell Eamon Ryan that turf sale restrictions is putting Govt stability in jeopardy
Updated 26 Apr 2022
22.8k
52
Fossil Fuels
Dáil turf wars: Eamon Ryan seeks to unite coalition against Sinn Féin motion
26 Apr 2022
45.4k
81
Emissions
'We won’t put your granny in prison for burning turf', says Ryan doubling down on no pause comments
Updated 14 Apr 2022
26.4k
51
Peat
Poll: Should there be a ban on the sale of turf?
14 Apr 2022
45.7k
67
turf wars
Removing turf-cutting from rural Ireland would be like removing wine from the French - Varadkar
Updated 13 Apr 2022
50.1k
112
Turf
Calls to allow commercial peat harvesting but expert says it would be a 'bad step' for climate
10 Mar 2022
17.4k
40
THE MORNING LEAD
Peat was cut at 280 plots in protected bogs last year without State consent
13 Jan 2022
30.5k
42
Boglands
Cabinet approves €108 million funding for Bord na Móna rehabilitation plan
24 Nov 2020
20.3k
31
Bord na Móna
Bord na Móna employees will continue to turn up for work every day despite attempted lay-offs
30 Apr 2020
17.2k
17
protected bogs
'A great day for rural Ireland': Turf-cutting trial collapses in Galway
19 Feb 2020
40.3k
83
TG4
'I do feel let down': Midlands Bord na Móna workers in documentary on peat transition
5 Feb 2020
16.2k
19
Voices
Saoirse McHugh: The end of turf-cutting brings opportunities to increase our energy independence
Saoirse McHugh
24 Nov 2019
31.8k
46
Turf War
'This is about heritage and tradition': Turf cutters say the new bogs strategy won't solve the problem
22 Dec 2017
12.6k
69
turfed out of it
These lads from Kildare went to serious lengths to transport their turf home from the bog
29 Jul 2016
6.0k
Opposition
Michael Fitzmaurice is leaving the Independent Alliance
18 May 2016
30.4k
49
bog standard
A Leitrim man's epic swearing at a turf truck was caught on video
14 Dec 2015
7.1k
6
haaapin' turf
Bogfit is back with some excellent tips on footin' and haaapin' the turf
24 Jun 2015
3.5k
1
turn that turf
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12 Jun 2015
6.2k
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endorsed by ming
Turf cutter Michael Fitzmaurice to contest Roscommon/South Leitrim by-election
9 Sep 2014
6.5k
24
bog cuttings
Your television may be running on turf. Really
1 Sep 2014
10.5k
23
Bogs
Appeal issued over unauthorised bog cutting
11 Jul 2014
9.9k
116
all fired up
Light my fire: Independent candidate launches local election bid with burning turf parade
24 Mar 2014
13.8k
27
Bogs
Turf cutters take High Court action to halt their prosecution
10 Mar 2014
9.5k
Turf
New strategy on bogs "treats science as something to be bargained away"
16 Jan 2014
6.5k
93
Bogs
Government publishes plan to allow turf cutting on more bogs
15 Jan 2014
6.9k
21
for peat's sake
US customers paying $49 for briquettes so their houses can smell like Ireland
23 Oct 2013
29.4k
85
Environment
Turf cutters dispute latest Deenihan comments on bogs
10 Oct 2013
5.1k
26
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