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€75,000 announced for Laois bog restoration project

Funding of up to €75,000 has been allocated to the Abbeyleix Bog Project. Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan announced the grant funding for peatland restoration measures at Abbeyleix bog this morning. Laois Offaly Senator ...

08 Aug 2022 at 14:23

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Green Party members defend ‘workable’ proposals amid turf ban row

Green Party politicians have hit back at critics of plans to curtail the commercial sale of turf, calling it a “life-saving” measure. The leader of the Green Party said on Tuesday that the proposal, which has attracted the ire of some backbench ...

26 Apr 2022 at 11:03

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

A new 4-part series exploring Ireland's complex relationship with its peatlands will air on TG4 this April. An Fód Deireanach, or The Last Sod, will be presented by author and presenter Manchán Magan as he takes viewers on a visually ...

30 Mar 2022 at 13:57

Local News

New chapter of rehabilitation works on saved Laois gem

Another chapter has opened on the rehabilitation of a raised bog in Laois which was saved from Bord na Móna machinery over 20 years ago. More than two decades after local people who were well ahead of their time intervened, ...

06 Oct 2022 at 19:53

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Bog team need your help for as 2023 work begins at Laois oasis

Join in is the message from the team at Abbeyleix Bog are starting the new year on the front foot with a new project to improve accessibility to people who want enjoy the wonderful Laois amenity. Volunteers are being ...

04 Jan 2023 at 20:22

Arts & Entertainment

Abbeyleix Bog project wants your bog photos but you don't have much time to enter

The Abbeyleix Bog project wants your snaps for its 2022 calendar but the clock is ticking fast on the deadline to enter your photo taken on Laois natural oasis. Abbeyleix Bog Project is already preparing for its ...

22 Oct 2021 at 09:23

Arts & Entertainment

Enter your snaps in the Abbeyleix Bog calendar photo contest

The Abbeyleix Bog Project invites you to submit your photos for inclusion for the 2022 Calendar Photo Contest. The Project committee seeks photos of flora, fauna and landscapes taken at the bog, across the ...

20 Oct 2021 at 11:53

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Abbeyleix the hub for bog conservation experts

Abbeyleix was the hub for conservation experts from across Europe to see the work being done on wetlands around Ireland at the end of September. The Natural Climate Buffer study tour saw wetland ...

29 Sept 2021 at 19:23

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Abbeyleix bog puts Laois at the centre of European conservation

Abbeyleix will be the hub of an initiative which will see conservation experts from across Europe be based in Laois. The Natural Climate Buffer study tour takes place during the last week of ...

17 Sept 2021 at 13:24

National News

€20m funding approved to conserve 'vitally important' blanket bogs in Ireland

Over €20m in funding will help conserve Ireland's "vitally important" blanket bogs. That's according to the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, who launched ...

13 May 2022 at 16:36

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Funding support for community bog projects in Laois

Laois community groups are being urged to apply for funding under an environmental scheme aimed at conserving and revitalising bogs and raise engagement with the natural heritage and ...

13 Jan 2022 at 17:00

EcoLive

Laois people can apply for bog land money

Laois communities are being invited to tap into a €500,000 in funding to combat climate change by investing in the county's bogs. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform,...

27 Mar 2023 at 20:22

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