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Turf protest or advertising on busy Laois Offaly road?

Local News

Turf protest or clever advertising on busy Laois Offaly road?

The 2022 turf cutting season hasn't begun and is in doubt but that hasn't stopped someone in Laois advertising the fuel for sale over Easter. A tractor with a trailer load of turf was parked up on the busy N80 road near Mountmellick at the turn off ...

17 Apr 2022 at 21:23

National News

Eamon Ryan says regulation of turf will address 'chronic health issues'

The regulation of the sale of turf will help with chronic health issues in the long term, Minister Eamon Ryan said. Speaking after the Cabinet signed off on VAT reductions on electricity and gas bills, Ryan said turf will not be banned. “There ...

13 Apr 2022 at 17:28

Local News

Laois based farming organisation says turf ban is 'bureaucratic nonsense'

A farming organising that his headquartered in Laois has lashed out at the ban on turf sales. Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers' Association Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has said there is simply no justification for making criminals of ...

13 Apr 2022 at 19:23

National News

'It is not paused' - Eamon Ryan rejects Tánaiste's statement that ban on sale of turf is paused

Claims that a ban on the sale of turf has been paused has been rejected by Environment Minister Eamon Ryan. It comes hours after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that the ban has been put on hold because of ...

14 Apr 2022 at 13:43

Local News

Laois representative slams 'disgraceful' government mixed messages on turf

Independent Laois TD Carol Nolan called for absolute clarity on the status of the proposed ban on the sale, marketing, and distribution of sod turf. She was speaking after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar indicated that a ‘pause’ had been ...

14 Apr 2022 at 12:53

Taoiseach promises resolution on contentious turf-cutting issue

National News

Taoiseach promises resolution on turf-cutting issue

Questions over Government policy on turf cutting continued on Thursday, as coalition leaders were quizzed on claims that a ban on the sale of turf has been paused. Environment Minister Eamon Ryan had earlier rejected claims ...

15 Apr 2022 at 12:29

National News

Govt plan to restrict turf sales 'not an outright ban', insists Eamon Ryan

The Government will not walk away from a plan to restrict turf sales in Ireland, with Eamon Ryan insisting it's "not an outright ban". The Environment minister said there was an urgent need to tackle the health damage ...

28 Apr 2022 at 15:36

Local News

No ban on burning of peat is being proposed insists Laois Minister

Laois Offaly Minister Seán Fleming says motion that no ban on the burning of peat is being proposed was passed by the Dáil on Wednesday, April 27. The Minister of State in the Department of Finance said that the ...

28 Apr 2022 at 22:53

National News

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 ...

26 Apr 2022 at 11:03

Health alliance says anything less than a full ban on sale of turf will 'cost lives'

National News

Health alliance says only a full ban on sale of turf will 'save lives'

A coalition of public health organisations across Ireland has warned that a failure to fully ban the sale of turf could cost lives and would represent an abandonment of the State’s duty to protect public ...

26 Apr 2022 at 16:32

Local News

Laois TD warns of creeping criminalisation of turf cutting

A Laois TD has claimed the ‘creeping criminalisation’ of turf cutting is becoming a reality. Independent TD Carol Nolan said there is a “sense of disbelief and anger within rural communities” following ...

11 Apr 2022 at 17:53

Local News

Laois TD says turf sale ban wrong move at wrong time

Ending the sale of turf would be a wrong move at the wrong time, a Laois TD has claimed. Local TD Brian Stanley is calling on the Government not to introduce a ban on the sale of turf for domestic use....

12 Apr 2022 at 17:23

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