It’s not actually cotton, but a sedge—a type of grass-like plant ... connection to the natural world. What would Ireland be without its bog cotton flags, sundew traps, and mossy carpets ...

Ireland’s bogs and peatlands may not hold ... Botanists may prefer to call it cotton grass, not bog cotton, but to me, this beautiful Irish wildflower will always be bog cotton.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I recently revisited one of my favourite places in Ireland — an Iron Age timber road dating from 148BC ...

When most Americans hear the word “turf”, an image of green grass immediately comes to ... completed by machinery in the vast bogs of Ireland’s inland counties. But you’ll still see ...

On Ireland’s wet and windy Achill Island, local sheep farmer Stephen Gavin, 64, has been harvesting peat from the wetlands near his home since April. The unmistakable smell of the bog’s sweet ...

A five-year project to restore bogs in Northern Ireland has been branded a success as it comes to an end. The Garron Plateau and Montiaghs Moss in County Antrim were selected for Co-operation ...

The European Commission is to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failure to apply the habitats directive in protecting designated raised bog and blanket bogs from turf cutting.

"This is the first time radiocarbon dating has been used on a bog body in Northern Ireland, and the only one to still exist, making this a truly unique archaeological discovery for Northern ...

The unearthing of bog butter is fairly common in Ireland and in Scotland, with around 500 finds recorded in Ireland. This find was especially unique in its large size, and it could very well be ...

the furthest north a bog body has been discovered.Credit...Police Service of Northern Ireland Such is the pallor of grisly discoveries in Northern Ireland. In them is an ominous reminder ...