Bord Na Mona 25kg Irish Peat Briquettes - 2 x 12.5kg Bales

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Bord na Móna has already shut down its two major peat-burning power plants in the midlands, at Lanesborough, Co Longford, and Shannonbridge, Co Offaly. It has also closed a briquette factory in Co Tipperary. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Production was ramped up to counter fuel shortages after World War II. At its peak, Bord na Móna was producing 280 million peat briquettes a year. SIPTU's Adrian Kane and workers Ronan Boylan, Anthony O'Rourke and Pat Barrett outside Derrinlough factory Occasionally, deliveries can be taken onto the driveway if it is a flat concrete / tarmac surface with no gradient. This is at the driver’s discretion on the delivery day and whether or not they deem it safe for them to do so. They are typically very accommodating and help to meet the requirements of our customers as best they can. Making the announcement, Chief Executive Tom Donnellan said: “The Brown to Green strategy has involved the transformation of Bord na Móna from a traditional peat business into a climate solutions company. The progress made over the past two years means we are now fully focused on renewable energy generation, recycling and the development of other low carbon enterprises. While there are many advantages to the changes we have made, the key benefits include the high value, sustainable employment we are providing and the significant support we are delivering to Ireland’s objective, to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Solid Fuel Sales Manager, Trevor Goulden said people were coming in looking for 3, 6 and 20 bales, one person even wanted to buy a pallet load. It's expected they will be produced up until 2024 but when word got out in Sligo this morning that the day of the peat briquette was numbered, demand shot up at Sligo Fuels/McPartland Oils in the town. Sligo Fuels/McPartland Oils in Sligo town He said: "These people are paying the ultimate price in the face of the climate crisis. It's people in Bord na Móna and ESB who have lost their jobs.

SIPTU and Bord na Móna are awaiting the outcome of an internal industrial relations process involving the Joint Industrial Council. We all knew this day was coming but we were first 2030, then it was 2024 and then it was accelerated to June 1st, it's only sinking in with the workers now," said Ronan Boylan, who has worked at the Derrinlough factory for the last 14 years.

It was the last surviving briquette factory of four operated by Bord na Móna, the others being Lullymore, Co Kildare, Croghan, Co Offaly and Littleton, Co Tipperary. While the closure was inevitable after a decision to end peat harvesting in 2021, it came sooner than people expected. Bord Na Mona Irish peat briquettes produce a long slow burn giving off lots of steady heat and a lovely aroma. For decades, however, it was a key component of Ireland's energy supply. Briquettes have been made in Ireland since the mid-19th century.But we will fight on to ensure people get decent redundancy terms and try get replacement jobs of an equal value to those that have been lost." This factory started in 1959. We have some third generations of workers here. Their fathers and grandfathers have worked here. We don't know what the future holds now. It's quintessentially Irish, the peat briquette warmed homes and fired stoves across the country for decades. At this stage of the game, the factory is closed, people don't know where they are going and as far as I'm concerned everything is up in a heap."