Concern in horticulture over impending loss of peat growth medium
Irish horticultural peat may not be available in 2022.
Irish horticultural peat, on which an estimated 60% by value of Irish horticulture depends as a growth medium, is on course to disappear from the home and export markets in 2022.
Bord na Móna was prevented from harvesting peat this season as a result of a High Court ruling in September 2019, and a Supreme Court judgement in July added further doubt on the future of commercial peat harvesting.
