For Peat's Sake

RTE2 +1

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday 7 October

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The vital role turf has played in Ireland and the battle that ensued when the EU tried to stop Irish people cutting turf. For thousands of years people in Ireland have cut turf to heat their homes and cook their food. It was an accessible, affordable and vital fuel, made from the very soil of Ireland itself. Then in the 1990's people realised that there was a lot more to bogs than cheap fuel