Oil price peak sees co-op reap rewards of peat practice

Donal Hickey

The 340-member Iveragh Co-op, which had supplied turf to the now closed ESB generating station at Deelis, Caherciveen, is looking to the household market as an alternative outlet.

Co-op chairman Dan Barry yesterday said they were extending their premises and investing in a turf-bagging plant to supply the domestic market.