Pictured left to right are Deirdre Ó Brolchain (Cloughjordan Community), Orla Kelly (Tipperary Co Council), Clare Curley (Director of Services, Corporate, Human Resources, Climate Action and Environmental Services), Marion Ó Neill (SEO, Climate, Energy and Environment), Gearóid Ó Foighil (restoration programme community coordination).

Fact-finding visit to Scohaboy Bog

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Staff members of Tipperary County Council took part in a recent fact-finding visit to Scohaboy Bog SAC to learn more about the raised bog restoration programme there. Scohaboy is Tipperary’s flagship peatland conservation site and is amongst the most important raised bog systems remaining in the Atlantic region of the EU. The restoration programme is one of the most successful community supported conservation and climate action projects of its kind in Ireland today. The Cloughjordan Community Development Committee are the local partners in the restoration project with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Coillte Forest, boardwalks and a viewing platform allows the visitor to safely see the site. The restoration programme at Scohaboy Bog forms a key part of the Irish Government’s response to the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. 2021 - 2030.

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