On Ireland’s wet and windy Achill Island, local sheep farmer Stephen Gavin, 64, has been harvesting peat from the wetlands near his home since April. The unmistakable smell of the bog’s sweet ...
As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat - the cheap, smoky fuel he has harvested for half a century. The painstaking work of “footing turf,” as the ...
It's being called the 'end of an era:' In 2019, Bord Na Móna will begin to close 62 bogs across Ireland. Tom Donnellan, the chief executive of Bord Na Móna, recently announced that the company was to ...
One in seven Irish households still burn peat for heat. New rules are aimed at discouraging a practice that many consider part of the culture. By Ed O’Loughlin LULLYMORE, Ireland — For centuries, the ...
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