Now that summer has yielded to autumn, the weather is cooler, and worries about keeping homes warm are foremost in some people's minds. Demand for solid fuel - and especially for timber - is soaring, ...

Matt Corbett reckons the best thing about cutting turf is that you get to disappear into silence for the day. From early April to June, locals driving the narrow Connemara road past Carna towards ...

The Government may have been eyeing a turf-cutting ban but fears over a winter energy crisis have actually fuelled a “stampede” to the bogs for back-up fuel reserves. Indeed, some turf-cutters in ...

Turf cutters from South Sligo setting off for the protest at the Dáil last week. TURF CUTTERS, farmers and home owners in south rural Sligo decided to join a nationwide protest outised Dàil Eireann ...

Carragh (Ireland) (AFP) – In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years this week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country's midlands ...

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country's midlands collecting sun-dried turf. The ...