ACTION GROUPS CONDEMN AIR MONITORING OF BOGS

Date Published: 02-May-2012

Barroughter and Clonmoylan Bogs action Group has condemed the practice of military and private planes flying over the bogs to monitor activity

12 bog complexes across County Galway are effected by the turf cutting ban.

This follows yesterday's concerns raised by the Galway Alliance Against War about the military's role in the turf dispute.

The group says the defence forces role in air monitoring of cutting in designated areas of North East Galway is a crazy situation.

Niall Farrell of GAAW said the defence forces are being used to enforce european law at a time of great cutbacks to Garda resources.

Today speaking to Galway Bay fm news spokesperson for the bogs action group Dermot Moran said the flying of planes over the bogs is very intimidating.