
Councillors have called for the EPA to help provide them with resources with the state body refusing.
We don't have the budget for a legal challenge on illegal peat extractors.
That's the view of Westmeath County Council after being named in an EPA report this week alongside the local authority in Offaly as failing to tackle the issue.
Councillors have called for the EPA to help provide them with the resources needed, with the state body refusing.
Environmental Correspondent with the Irish Independent Caroline O'Doherty says local authorities are extremely worried about the risk of court: