A blanket bog in west Clare is finding new life after a local farmer agreed to rewet part of his land, in an effort to improve conditions for biodiversity. The Knocknahila Bog Peatland Rewetting ...

The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog during training. The Army said the ...

An upland landscape with heather in bloom (File/Emily Beament/PA) A ban preventing the burning of heather and other vegetation across swathes of peatland will be expanded under Government plans.

Peat bogs may not be unique to Ireland, but their place in the Irish cultural imagination certainly is. Against the drama of our mountains, and of the waves shaping our rugged shores, peat bogs ...

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A ban preventing the burning of heather and other vegetation across swathes of peatland will be expanded under Government plans. The Environment Department (Defra) said it will consult on ...

Efforts were underway to recover the submerged vehicle of four U.S. Army soldiers from the depths of a peat bog in Lithuania as crews continued to search for the missing servicemembers on Thursday.