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With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.
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People who have always used turf from their own bogs to fuel their own homes will be able to continue to do so.
Some stand-out events include walking trails, demonstrations and educational activities from sheep shearing of Claddagh heritage breeds in Connemara or boxty making on the bothy trail.
The possible exclusion of the 20,000ha of rehabilitated bogs from Ireland's Nature Restoration Law inventory could pull more farmed peatland into the mix.
