Dublin GAA star wins controversial Offaly bike hire contract
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4 May 2021
Cyclists at Lough Boora, with (inset) Dublin GAA star Conal Keaney. Pictures: Lough Boora Rent-a-Bike and Sportsfile );
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A COMPANY run by Dublin hurling and football star Conal Keaney has won the contract to run the bike hire service at Lough Boora.
The decision by Bord na Mona to select the Dublin company at the expense of local man Pat Barrett has sparked outrage around Offaly.
Pat Barrett, a resident of Lumcloon, had been running the bike hire business at Lough Boora Discovery Park for 11 years but learned last week that his tender to continue in operation had not been successful.
Bord na Mona ex-workers group exploring how to stay connected in Offaly
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26 Apr 2021
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These extraordinary times have us all searching for ways to keep connected with our families, communities and our former work colleagues.
A group of men that were former workers with Bord na Mona in County Offaly are meeting in 2021 to explore how they can stay connected and in doing so lessen social isolation. The idea to reach out to former Bord na Mona men was identified as a need during the Boora Wellbeing Programme in 2020.
Burning Question: what does a peat-free future hold for the Midlands?
Trinity College Dublin PhD candidate Jamie Rohu outlines the challenges for workers as we transition our industrial bogs towards a more sustainable future. By Jamie Rohu Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 8:00 AM Wed 8:00 AM 11,925 Views 20 Comments Jamie Rohu
IN 2015, BORD na Móna reported in its Sustainability 2030 strategy that peat harvesting would cease by the end of this decade.
In October 2018, it outlined plans for 430 job losses along with a revised production end date of 2025. Then, this January, the semi-state declared an immediate halt to all extractive operations.
Though not entirely unexpected, these announcements raised a number of important questions such as: How will Bord
Over €140,000 allocated for eight outdoor amenity projects in Offaly
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The funding was announced today by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys.
The projects to benefit in Offaly are as follows:
Slieve Bloom Way & ancillaries (Cadamstown & Kinnitty) - Small scale upkeep of the Slieve Bloom Way & ancillary loops - €18,000
Offaly Way & ancillaries (Kilcormac & Lough Boora) - Small scale upkeep and repair of the Offaly Way and ancillary loops at Kilcormac and Lough Boora Discovery Park - €18,000
Grand Canal Greenway - Promotions and marketing - €17,343
Trail counters - Installation of four footfall counters at trail heads - Cadamstown, Kilcormac, Monicknew, Kinnitty - €20,000
Offaly bogs lined up as part of major peatland restoration project
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BORD na Mona has lined up the first two bogs in Offaly for its major peatland restoration project.
The bogs, Oughter Bog and Pollagh Bog, are located between Rahan and Pullough and are close to the Lough Boora Discovery Park, the company s flagship former cutaway.
As part of its accelerated decarbonisation strategy and its exit from peat production, Bord na Mona will rehabilitate more than 80 bogs comprising some 30,000 hectares.
The peatland restoration programme is a key plank of the company s employment retention plans once it finally ceases turf harvesting completely.