Donal Hickey: Drones and satellites to monitor Irish bogs and identify peatland areas under threat

CeADAR, Ireland’s centre for applied artificial intelligence, is exploring how AI can monitor and protect our peatlands and boost biodiversity through restoration.

CeADAR, Ireland’s centre for applied artificial intelligence (AI,) is exploring how AI can monitor and protect our peatlands and boost biodiversity through restoration

It's been a great summer for the diminishing numbers of people who still cut turf. Due to the prolonged dry spell, many had the harvest home by mid-June, earlier than usual.

Scattered sods, which fell from tractor trailers onto the roads in the highland countryside straddling the borders of counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick, told the story.