New wetland restoration project opens a call for public participation

A new Just Transition project is seeking expressions of interest from local individuals and groups to identify wetland sites to be restored.

Tóchar is a three-year wetlands restoration project, co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme.

Taking its name from the hundreds of ancient paths or toghers laid across the bogs by Irish ancestors, the project will serve the community, bringing participants on a nature restoration journey. Overall, the project will spend €12 million during its lifetime.

In order to start the process, Tóchar has opened an expression of interest call to landowners, communities and groups to become actively involved in nature restoration for wetlands across the EU Just Transition area.

The EU Just Transition Area includes municipal districts in the counties Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Roscommon and the Municipal Districts of Ballinasloe (Co Galway), Athy, Clane-Maynooth, (Co Kildare)…