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Local MEP urges Bord na Móna to respond to rewetting concerns

Sep 1, 2025 17:44
By Shannonside News
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Local MEP urges Bord na Móna to respond to rewetting concerns

Farmers around Ballyleague and Strokestown are concerned their land will be flooded by the rewetting process.

A local MEP says Bord na Móna need to respond to calls made by farmers and landowners over potential rewetting works on bogs in Co. Roscommon. Farmers around Ballyleague and Strokestown are concerned their land will be flooded by the rewetting process.

A public meeting was held in July, when they voiced their serious worries. Midlands-Northwest MEP Ciaran Mullooly spoke about the issue in the European Parliament:

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