Farmers protest with illegal turf cut

A group of men illegally cut turf on a protected bog in north Kerry yesterday to highlight the plight of local families.

Gardaí in a white van observed from a distance as a token cutting operation proceeded at Moanveanlagh, outside Listowel, one of 53 Irish raised bogs on which turf-cutting is banned under an EU directive.

The gardaí did not intervene and the occasion, which attracted around 150 people, passed off without incident.