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European Commission takes Ireland to court over turf-cutting enforcement failures

The European Commission is taking Ireland to court over what it describes as a significant failure to enforce turf-cutting rules. The commission claims that Ireland has failed to comply with an ...
Irish Central

Ireland referred to European court for allegedly failing to protect sites from turf cutting

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the European Commission “for failure to apply the Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC) to protect sites designated for ...
Independent.ie

Ireland referred to court over failure to stop turf-cutting on protected bogs

Ireland is being taken to court by the European Commission for failing to stop turf-cutting on protected bogs. The decision to refer the issue to the EU Court of Justice comes after 13 years of ...
Courthouse News Service

Ireland’s turf-cutting tradition singled out as flouting nature law

Peat extraction machinery operates on a protected raised bog in Ireland in 2011. (Friends of the Irish Environment, 2011, via Courthouse News) (CN) — Ireland’s ancient bogs, prized for generations as ...
In These Times

Ireland Amidst Turf Wars, Literally

Strips of peat from ancient bogs provide fuel—and lots of controversy—for rural farmers in Ireland. (Photo by Kari Lydersen) COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND — On the fog-enshrouded, windswept Atlantic coast of ...