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Longford local authority chiefs urged to 'go after' Bord na Móna

...local residents living along Lanesboro's Clofower road. The fallout is believed to revolve around a contractor enlisted by BORD NA Móna to draw horticultural peat as the semi-state presses ahead with its 'brown to green' transition. “There is most...

28 Sept 2022 at 09:00

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Anger as Longford bogland Greenway hit by vandals

...and area of beauty which is very popular with walkers was recently targeted by vandals. Windows were smashed at an old BORD NA Móna cabin which walkers use for a break to chat and indeed shelter from the rain on the rainy days. And anyone with...

08 Aug 2022 at 14:31

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‘Akin to selling drugs on the street’: Longford councillors hit out at turf ban plan

...Green Party as Minister for Energy is a completely wrong fit because he can see one way and one way only,” he said. Former BORD NA Móna worker, Cllr Mick Cahill (FF) complimented Cllr Murray’s motion as “very timely” and agreed there is “no sense” to the...

20 Apr 2022 at 08:00

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Longford mourns death of respected army man and obliging neighbour Joe Kelly

...and served in the peace keeping force in Cyprus. After his term in the army he worked for Gem Construction and later with BORD NA Móna until his retirement some ten years past. After he married Nuala he settled down in Derrylough where he lived as a...

13 Mar 2022 at 18:33

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Bord na Móna confirms intention to lodge new planning application for Longford wind farm development

BORD NA Móna has confirmed it is to review its proposals for a wind farm development in south county Longford with a view to lodging a new planning application within the next year. The news comes less than a fortnight after both An Bord Pleanála and...

25 Feb 2022 at 10:26

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'Categoric assurance' that briquettes will continue for sale despite smoky coal ban

BORD NA Móna expects its peat briquettes to continue to be allowed for sale for the next number of years, Deputy Barry Cowen has confirmed. The Fianna Fáil TD said he spoke to BORD NA Móna who reassured him that peat briquettes would pass scientific tests...

06 May 2022 at 12:19

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Manchán explores our relationship with peatlands

...of our peatlands. First up Manchán takes a look at climate change; can saving our peatlands help save the planet? He visits BORD NA Móna, who say “the world is changing and we are changing with it”. Investigating where this leaves the average turf cutter,...

06 Apr 2022 at 17:00

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New 4-part TG4 series exploring Ireland's peatlands to air this April

...Ireland's peatlands - which are the third largest in the world - starting with Manchán looking at climate change. He visits BORD NA Móna, who say "the world is changing and we are changing with it”, and investigates where this leaves the average turf cutter....

30 Mar 2022 at 13:57

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South Longford author Adrian Duncan releases fourth book

...- he’s a fiction as far as I’m concerned.” The idea for the book came from Adrian’s interest in the very early stages of BORD NA Mona and his research of CS Andrews who travelled to Russia and Germany to find out how to drain the bogs. “When I came across...

07 Apr 2022 at 09:00

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Former Lanesboro and Ballyleague Bord na Móna workers invited to information event

...at 7pm in St Mary’s Bingo Hall, Ballyleague. On the day a panel of experts will try to give all past workers and present BORD NA Móna staff the opportunity to learn how how to retrain or reskill for local jobs, put up a social welfare stamp towards their...

30 Jan 2022 at 10:28

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Vast amount of peatland in Longford and Roscommon transformed into Carbon Store in 2021

A vast amount of peatland in Longford and Roscommon transformed into Carbon Store in 2021. According to BORD NA Móna, nearly 5,200ha (12,800 acres) of peatlands were rehabilitated in the past year securing at least 7.5 million tonnes of carbon. Rehabilitation...

03 Feb 2022 at 18:02

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Longford Leader Farming: Final report on Peat and Action Plan will not work for the Irish horticultural sector

...cannot sustain any more of these shortcomings.” The Action Plan details that a stockpile of 2,000 tonnes of peat from BORD NA Móna may be available to alleviate the short-term problem. It must be noted that the quality of this peat is unknown. Growers...

29 Jan 2022 at 10:04

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