Tipperary Displaced Turf Cutters Compensation Doubled

Upperchurch Tipperary Irish Language Hill Walk

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The beauty of the world hath made me sad, this beauty that will pass; Sometimes my heart hath shaken with great joy to see a leaping squirrel in a tree, Or a red lady-bird upon a stalk, or little rabbits in a field at evening, Lit by a slanting [...]

Tipperary Displaced Turf Cutters Compensation Doubled

Machined Turf Cutting

The deadline for compensation for displaced turf cutters has been extended and the money being offered has doubled, after fewer than half of the 1,500 people affected by an EU directive on Special Environmental Conservation Areas, had applied to join the scheme.

Three areas affected by this EU directive here in [...]