€10 million in EU funds for big midlands peat bog project Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie Micheal D Higgins on a visit to Abbeyleix Bog which was saved and rehabilitated by a community project in Laois '); '); The European Commission is to fund €10million towards a project which it is claimed will have a big peatlands rehabilitation element. Bord na Móna, which is coordinating the project, said the Peatlands and People project is a major national initiative that has won funding support from the European Commission which will contribute to the long term implementation of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan. The company says it will engage people in Ireland and across the European Union with the benefits of peatlands restoration, in particular, to realise the power of peatlands in climate action.