Several Palus Demos partners featured in an article in The Irish Times on 10 April 2025.
Irish Times reporter Seán Duke spoke to Palus Demos coordinator Niall Ó Brolcháin at the University of Galway, which leads this wetland farming project for over 30 European partners across Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands.
In the article, Ó Brolcháin says that the project is about providing profitable and positive alternatives to farmers, creating jobs and producing environmental benefits.
The article featured contributions from other partners including:
- Dr Florence Renou-Wilson, a research scientist and senior lecturer at Palus Demos partner University College Dublin, with over 25 years experience of peatland research
- John O’Sullivan, a farmer in Connemara, Ireland, who is working with Palus Demos partners University of Galway, University College Dublin and Forum Connemara to demonstrate how paludiculture can yield valuable crops including blueberries and aronia
Read the full article in The Irish Times: Paludiculture could see Ireland’s peatlands store vast amounts of carbon and yield profit – The Irish Times