Roscommon County Council has escalated its enforcement action against Harte Peat, formally ordering the company to immediately cease all “unauthorised” peat extraction at a bog in Cornaveagh. The company is a leader in the production of peat for the mushroom industry. It primarily uses wet peat for processing at its facility where it makes casing, a nutrient rich substrate. Early this year, The Currency revealed that the local authority had issued a warning letter to Harte Peat after the council was contacted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of its ongoing examination of bogs across the midlands.  Commercial…

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