Removing peat extraction from planning system could be legally challenged
A working group established by the Government to examine use of peat moss in the horticultural industry held its first meeting last week. File Picture.
The end of commercial peat extraction (and of its products such as Irish peat moss and briquettes) is unlikely to be postponed, says the legal expert and environmentalist whose court action was successful in ending extraction.
Peat moss companies have said they are pursuing removal of peat from the planning process, and its transfer to control by the Environmental Protection Agency, which would allow the companies to return to harvesting.
