A decision on doubling the compensation to bog-owners effected by new turf cutting rules has been deferred pending a public forum on the issue.

THE European Commission does not accept that measures taken by the Government to protect raised bogs from being cut illegally are effective.

WE in the Turf Cutters Association are seriously concerned to hear that the IFA has participated in negotiations with EU officials in Brussels in order to arrange what is effectively a buyout of owners’ interests.