The plan to restore and replant Ireland's Wild Atlantic bogs

2,100 hectares currently planted with spruce and pine forests will be restored with re-wetted bog and replanted with native woodlands.

Coillte said the project aims to sensitively remove the conifers on these sites and restore the landscape with re-wetted bog and native woodlands.

Funding is to be provided for the Wild Atlantic Bog Woodland Project as part of the Government’s July Stimulus programme, Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary and Minister of State Pippa Hackett have announced.

Coillte has welcomed the project, which will see 2,100 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog, currently planted with spruce and pine forests, restored with re-wetted bog and replanted with native woodlands. A wide range of contractors and experts will work on the project.