A Dutch expert: ‘Irish bogs are extraordinarily valuable’

It is estimated that Ireland holds 60% of Europe’s remaining active raised bogs

Almost €300,000 awarded to community-based biodiversity projects

Birds, bats, bogs and all-Ireland hedge-laying championship set to benefit from grants

Major peatland restoration initiative is anything but bog-standard

Bord na Móna’s Living Bog project will benefit from €108m conservation funding

Dutch botanists drawn to Ireland’s landscapes of special beauty

The Hidden Lakes of Connemara offers ‘a tribute to a fascinating landscape’

Turf cutting contributing to ‘shocking degradation’ of peatlands – report

Study of over 1,100 sites finds condition deteriorating due to human activities

Substantial increase in endangered species of butterfly recorded on Irish bog

Large Heath butterflies act as crucial indicator of the health of Irish bogs

A manifesto for nature: How politicians can protect the environment

What do environmental groups want politicians to do to protect the natural world?

Mountain habitats to benefit from new upland network State partnership

‘Need for voice of the uplands to be heard’ says national co-ordinator Mary Mulvey

Biodiversity week: ‘Natural world should be protected for all our benefit’

Events aims to celebrate wildlife and raise awareness of damage being done to environment

Earth Day in Ireland: List of main events this weekend

Saturday’s ‘shop and drop’ day to remove plastic packaging being held in 100s of stores

Blocking drains to capture carbon

Can ordinary people do anything practical to slow down climate change? On Girley Bog, near Kells in Co Meath, you can get very wet finding out

Another Life: Scots pines pass the native species test

In Mayo, trees planted by a 19th-century Scottish sheep rancher supplanted Ireland’s ancient pines

How going Dutch could save more Irish bogs

Permission denied for wind turbine scheme in Donegal

Planning board overturns council approval for 25 machines on 475-hectare location