Shortage of peat puts jobs at Limerick nursery at risk
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A COUNTY Limerick businesswoman is warning that a shortage of horticultural peat is the biggest threat the business has faced in its 30-year history.
Young Nurseries, which employs 24 people in Kilfinane, is a wholesale supplier of a wide range of Irish grown plants and herbs.
Nuala Young, who runs the business with her husband Joe, says a shortage of peat, due largely to Bord na Móna’s decision to suspend all peat harvesting on its bogs last year, is a major concern.
She told RTÉ News that if a solution is not found, jobs will be at risk and that customers will be faced with a shortage of plants and increased prices.
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Fears for thousands of jobs due to peat shortage
Updated / Saturday, 2 Jan 2021
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Fears are being expressed that thousands of jobs could be lost in the horticultural sector in Ireland due to a shortage of horticultural peat.
Peat is being supplied to some of those in the industry by Bord na Móna, but those involved in the sector have said that the company has informed them that supplies could run out as early as next March.
Bord na Móna last year suspended all peat harvesting on its bogs.
In Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Young Nurseries is a wholesale business supplying a wide range of Irish grown plants and herbs.
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