Which sod cutter is best? Your lawn gets tired and worn out for many reasons. Sometimes invasive weeds take over and choke out your grasses. Ugly bare spots are caused by animal urine, fungal diseases ...

TURF-CUTTERS in the west ignored the presence of gardai at a 'protected' bog and spent the day cutting their traditional winter fuel. Up to 70 people with turf-cutting rights turned up from 5am ...

Most every rental center has at least one sod cutter and some have a whole fleet, standing ready to clear space for a flower garden, a walkway, or just to harvest sod from one area for transplant to ...

AN IMPROVED compensation package for displaced turf cutters using raised bogs has been announced by Minister for Heritage Jimmy Deenihan. He said the annuity payment would be increased from €1,000 to ...

Turf-cutters in the west estimate that more than 30 of the 53 raised bogs where harvesting is banned have been cut so far this summer in defiance of EU habitats directive restrictions. Two bogs, at ...

A PREHISTORIC 10 kilo lump of bog butter thought to have been a gift to the gods has been found by turf cutters. The creamy white dairy product, which smells like a strong cheese and is believed to be ...

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 ...

The Irish Turf Cutters and Contractors Association has insisted that all work ceased on protected bogs on 1 June, in accordance with an EU directive. The comments follow a threat of legal action ...

RTE said more than 100 turf cutters have gathered in County Galway and police are at the scene Irish turf cutters have been staging protests against a European law barring them from cutting the bog.