has covered much of rural Ireland and every farmer and almost every family had their own turf bank. Irish Turf was and still is, dug from the bogs then dried and used as a fuel for cooking food ...

AN TAOISEACH LEO Varadkar has said that Ireland will defend itself after the European Commission referred the State to the EU’s Court of Justice over a failure to protect peat bogs from turf ...

Getty Images The environment minister says a solution that will respect the traditional reliance on turf in rural areas can be found The Republic of Ireland's environment minister and Green Party ...