Bad weather forces Bord na Móna to cut 105 part-timers

The poor summer has forced Bord na Móna to let 105 seasonal workers go as the peat producer’s harvesting operation has been severely curtailed.

Another 90 staff in the semi-state waste and energy company are to be put on short-term work as the company cuts losses.

A spokesman said that two-and-a-half times the average rainfall fell in June, resulting in Bord na Móna’s worst peat harvest.