Getting bogged down

The dispute between the Government and the turf cutters is entrenched as both sides engage in a battle of words and wills, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

Teddy Byrne, Kildare, protesting at the Dáil. Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan has threatened legal action against anyone who cuts in protected bogs.

Turf being cut in Co Kerry in 1974. Cutting is no longer allowed on 53 raised bogs, and this will increase to 75 by 2013.