The Tochar Wetlands Restoration Project aims to enhance biodiversity across Ireland over the next three years.
Wetland sites across the Midlands are being included in a new conservation project through the EU Just Transition Fund.
The Tochar Wetlands Restoration Project aims to enhance biodiversity across Ireland over the next three years.
Under the scheme, there will be a conservation project launched in the Slieve Blooms in a bid to protecting breeding Hen Harriers and increase wetland restoration opportunites.
While the Clara Bog will undergo further restoration works, with other smaller sites across Westmeath, Kildare, Galway, Roscommon, Longford, and Tipperary.
Shirley Clerkin, Project Manager with Tochar Midlands Restoration says it's important to respect people's relationships with bogs in the region:
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