€50,000 has been invested into a new outdoor recreation strategy, for bogs formerly used by Bord na Móna.
Bogs will continue to sustain generations of families but just in a different way.
Thats the view of Junior Agriculture Minister and Offaly Senator Pippa Hackett, who visited the midlands earlier.
The Department of Rural and Community Development has invested €50,000 into a new outdoor recreation strategy, for bogs formerly used by Bord na Móna.
Minister Hackett says the potential is huge:
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