Around 300,000 tonnes of peat is being extracted every year from unauthorised sites in the south and nearly all of it ...

An international research team led by Aalto University has just published the first large-scale analysis based on long-term ...

Killarney National Park in County Kerry is Ireland's oldest national park and one of its most stunning. Here's what to eat, ...

"Cutting edge" research by a team at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has found toxic heavy metals stored in peatlands across ...

Explore Ireland’s award-winning Blue Flag beaches — where pristine sands, crystal-clear waters, and unspoiled coastal beauty ...

IRELAND’S bogs may be ancient but new science is reshaping how we see them, and who controls them. Peatlands cover over a million and a half hectares, the equivalent of 1/5 of the island’s total land ...

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.

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.So "an accurate ...