Anger at shift on turf-cutters’ deal

TURF-CUTTERS are once again on a collision course with Government officials whom they claim are reneging on a deal struck with the help of the Peatlands Council last month.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has been meeting with turf-cutters to compensate them for having to cease cutting turf on protected bogs.

However it has come to light that turf-cutters are being told that if they cannot find an alternative bog they must accept a financial package, which many do not want.