Minister Moran to call for meeting with Bord na Móna over land flooding concerns
Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran.
OPW Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran is to call for a meeting with officials from Bord na Móna, Roscommon County Council and Coillte to discuss the flooding of lands near where bog rewetting is taking place.
Earlier today in Ballyleague, Minister Moran met with farmers and landowners in the Mount Dillon area whose lands have been affected by flooding.
In response to the flooding claims, a spokesperson for Bord na Móna has previously said that weather conditions arising from Storm Amy last week caused flooding across parts of the midlands.
"There is no evidence of BnM’s peatlands restoration activity (conducted in accordance with its dedicated Peatlands Climate Action Scheme) contributing to this flooding,” he said.
