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Sinn Féin TD urges parties to back motion to scrap turf ban

Sinn Féin TD for Carlow Kilkenny Kathleen Funchion has urged TDs in Carlow to back a motion the party will bring before the Dáil next week to scrap the upcoming ban on turf. The ban is due to come into effect from this September and would hit rural ...

26 Apr 2022 at 11:15

National News

Eamon Ryan says regulation of turf will address 'chronic health issues'

The regulation of the sale of turf will help with chronic health issues in the long term, Minister Eamon Ryan said. Speaking after the Cabinet signed off on VAT reductions on electricity and gas bills, Ryan said turf will not be banned. “There ...

13 Apr 2022 at 17:28

Local News

Eamon Ryan says regulation of turf will address 'chronic health issues'

13 Apr 2022 at 22:53

National News

'It is not paused' - Eamon Ryan rejects Tánaiste's statement that ban on sale of turf is paused

Claims that a ban on the sale of turf has been paused has been rejected by Environment Minister Eamon Ryan. It comes hours after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that the ban has been put on hold because of ...

14 Apr 2022 at 13:43

Taoiseach promises resolution on contentious turf-cutting issue

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Taoiseach promises resolution on turf-cutting issue

Questions over Government policy on turf cutting continued on Thursday, as coalition leaders were quizzed on claims that a ban on the sale of turf has been paused. Environment Minister Eamon Ryan had earlier rejected claims that a ...

15 Apr 2022 at 12:29

National News

Govt plan to restrict turf sales 'not an outright ban', insists Eamon Ryan

The Government will not walk away from a plan to restrict turf sales in Ireland, with Eamon Ryan insisting it's "not an outright ban". The Environment minister said there was an urgent need to tackle the health damage caused by ...

28 Apr 2022 at 15:36

National News

Green Party members defend ‘workable’ proposals amid turf ban row

Green Party politicians have hit back at critics of plans to curtail the commercial sale of turf, calling it a “life-saving” measure. The leader of the Green Party said on Tuesday that the proposal, which has attracted the ire ...

26 Apr 2022 at 11:03

Health alliance says anything less than a full ban on sale of turf will 'cost lives'

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Health alliance says only a full ban on sale of turf will 'save lives'

A coalition of public health organisations across Ireland has warned that a failure to fully ban the sale of turf could cost lives and would represent an abandonment of the State’s duty to protect public health. However, such ...

26 Apr 2022 at 16:32

Local News

Health alliance says only a full ban on sale of turf will 'save lives'

27 Apr 2022 at 16:53

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'Common sense' solution on turf cutting welcomed as solid fuel regulations are agreed

People with turf cutting rights will still be able to cut turf for their own use and will also be able to gift or sell it under new draft regulations on solid fuels in Ireland. Those with turbary rights and all other ...

14 Jul 2022 at 21:23

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'Common sense' solution on turf cutting welcomed as solid fuel regulations are agreed

14 Jul 2022 at 17:43

National News

Turf and smoky coal ban kicks in this October following clarity on final wording

Ireland’s environment minister has said that a ban on the commercial sale of smoky coal and turf approved by Cabinet on Thursday “will save lives”, and that the Attorney General was “useful” in providing ...

14 Jul 2022 at 17:18

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