SMEs New €17m tourism fund launched to help midlands SMEs transition from peat economy The new grant scheme is part of the €68 million Regenerative Tourism Scheme for Ireland’s Midlands operated by Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Tourism
Companies Bord na Móna lost €28m on mid-Brexit purchase of White Moss Decision to acquire British peat composting company ‘ill advised’ when ‘the writing was on the wall’ for such products
Companies Profits triple at Bord Na Móna as wholesale energy costs soarThe semi-state company recorded one of the strongest financial performances in its 90-year history as energy prices soared
Peat may be harvested from smaller bogs in bid to ‘save thousands of jobs’Government looking at plan to extract peat from bogs of less than 30 hectares to supply domestic horticulture industry
Doherty threatens to proceed with controversial peat harvesting billPrivate horticultural bill to allow practice to resume is co-signed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil senators, but has angered the Green Party