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06 Sept 2025

PICTURES: Major floods in Midlands bogs - is it climate change?

The bogland between Roscrea and Knock was not spared in the recent flooding

PICTURES: Major floods in Midlands bogs - is it climate change?

A local man works to salvage what can be used from a flooded bog near Roscrea. Photo: PJ Wright

A sign of climate change or just a spell of bad weather?

Roscrea based photographer PJ Wright captured these images on the bog between Roscrea and Knock where some of the 'black gold' may be lost before the owners had an opportunity to save it and the struggle to salvage what can still be used after the recent spell of very wet weather.

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