Turf-cutting to cease on 7 Galway NHAs by 2017

18 full and three partial sites that had been earmarked for closure are to be de-designated which means cutting will not be restricted.

The sites where cutting must cease by 2017 include bogs in Aughrim, Ballygar, Bracklagh, Castle Ffrench East, Derrinlough, Moorfield/Farm Cottage and Raford River.