I recently made my submission to Bord na Móna in relation to their plans to rehabilitate Lodge Bog, in Lullymore and Allenwood South. While a large area remains constrained from rehabilitation to accommodate plans for the Ballydermot Wind Farm, a significant area is to be rewetted. I have already received a positive response to my…
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The draft County Development Plan for Kildare (2023 – 2029) is now available for public viewing and submissions at https://draftkildarecdp2023-2029.ie/ before 4PM on 24th May. I have been very busy working on this plan over the last few months, and for the first time ever, our plan will include objectives to link up the Grand…
Bord na Móna recently published rehabilitation plans for Timahoe South and Lodge Bog and are looking for feedback through a public consultation process. The plans are available to view at https://www.bnmpcas.ie/2022bogsrehabilitation/ The deadlines are: Timahoe South – 18th March Lodge Bog – 29th March You make your submission by sending an email to pcasinfo@bnm.ie
The draft proposal for the Ballydermot Wind Farm is still available to view and provide feedback on at https://www.ballydermotwindfarm.ie/ This week I made a submission in writing on the draft proposal to the project team. You can view it at https://brendanwyse.ie/ballydermot-submission-september…/ I would ask residents of Lullymore, Allenwood South, Killina and Ticknevin areas to have…
On behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns, my thanks to local landowners, residents, bog owners and our neighbours AES Bord na Móna in Drehid, for gathering up and removing almost 22 tonnes of waste from the laneway to Blake’s Bog in Allenwood. Now that we have it clean, we are going to do our best to…
In granting permission for a Solar Farm on the Timahoe North Bog, following an appeal by Butterfly Conservation Ireland, An Bord Pleanála have decided that the habitats of Timahoe Bog were not worth protecting. This will be the first large scale solar farm built on peat in the world that I can see. Leading solar…
I celebrated International Bog Day today by assisting the Irish Peatland Conservation Council on their Lullymore West Bog butterfly conservation area. We were clearing scrub from the area to make it more habitable for the butterflies. The area is home to many species of butterfly, including the endangered Marsh Fritillary, which I have spotted myself…
Just 1.5 kilometres from my doorstep is Lodge Bog in Lullymore East. It is still being used by Bord na Móna to supply Edenderry Power Plant, but some of the raised bog has been preserved by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and is being used to breed Curlew and Lapwing in conjunction with volunteers from Birdwatch Kildare….