Irish Mirror reporter Eamon Doggett visited the heart of the country and found many reasons to change his mind about the ...

Some were preserved in peat bogs, an environment known to preserve all sorts of soft tissues. And some were even preserved, not despite their moist, swampy environments, but because of them.

Fragments of an ancient manuscript found in an Irish bog are being hailed as comparable to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The discovery of the Psalter, or Book of Psalms, in the south Midlands is said to be ...

Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could help fight global warming, researchers say.

The EU is putting pressure on Ireland to protect its bogs, but those who harvest peat say that rural realities are being ignored, and a way of life threatened.

On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition ... The Irish government says turf-cutting has ended on almost 80% of the raised bog special areas of conservation since 2011.

CLONBULLOGUE, Ireland (Reuters) -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 ...

An ancient bog oak older than Seahenge has been found at a wetland reserve in the Fens. ... They said it began growing in 2894BC, lived for 222 years, pre-dating the start of peat formation, ...

June 05, 2025 at 0:01am BST. The completion of the National Trust’s largest lowland peat restoration project at its oldest nature reserve has been hailed as a “powerful step forward in the ...

Bog destruction major contributor to Irish carbon emissions as EU says 'insufficient action' is happening to protect unique habitats. But locals defend traditional fuel harvesting. Rural dwellers ...

Ben Horrigan, Managing Director of Stockport and Manchester based Studio 91 Media, has joined forces with other filmmakers and poets from both the UK and Malaysia for a project celebrating the two ...