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Roscommon farmers to hold protest meeting in Ballyleague tomorrow

Jul 21, 2025 13:28
By Eoghan Murphy
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Roscommon farmers to hold protest meeting in Ballyleague tomorrow

Local MEP Ciaran Mullooly says Bord na Móna is due to start rewetting bogs in Mount Dillon and Erenagh on Thursday.

A protest meeting is taking place in Co Roscommon tomorrow evening over concerns farmers' land will be flooded.

It's taking place in St Faithleach's GAA club in Ballyleague at 6pm.

Local MEP Ciaran Mullooly says Bord na Móna is due to start rewetting bogs in Mount Dillon and Erenagh on Thursday.

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He says up to 30 farmers in Ballyleague and Strokestown are worried about the issue:

Mullooly is calling for Bord na Móna to halt the works until the issue is solved:

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