The man admitted employing a driver to transport and dump soil on the land.
A man who was found guilty of dumping in a protected bog has been ordered to pay €18,810.
The case was brought before Mullingar District Court by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on Thursday 8 of April.
The man was convicted and fined a total of €15,000, plus €3,810 in costs for dumping in 2020 in the protected Milltownpass Bog Natural Heritage Area.
Milltownpass Bog is designated as a Natural Heritage Area (NHA) under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000.
One hundred truckloads
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) ranger Tríona Finnen gave evidence that she investigated reports of dumping in February 2020.