Josepha Madigan's plans to relocate turf cutters rejected by An Bord Pleanála

Plans by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, to relocate turf cutters to allow them extract peat from a raised bog in Co Kildare have been rejected because the activity would add to greenhouse gas emissions.

An Bord Pleanála has turned down an appeal by the minister against a decision of Kildare County Council to refuse her department planning permission for a proposal to allow turf cutting at Coolree Bog near Prosperous, Co Kildare.