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Welcome to Tóchar,
an exciting wetlands restoration project
that is situated in
Ireland’s midlands
and surrounding
counties.
Tóchar, implementing action 2.1 of the EU Just Transition Programme in Ireland, aims to restore degraded wetlands, in the context of a just transition and move towards carbon neutrality. Nature restoration is part of a social transition, where the restoration of landscape goes hand in hand with community restoration and our relationships with nature.
Nature restoration is a part of a social transition
Tóchar was chosen as the project name, to represent the path along the Just Transition journey, and as a reminder that generations gone before us have used and experienced bogs and wetlands in a myriad of ways. A tóchar or togher is a path through the bog or wetland, hundreds of which have been found deep in the peat across the midlands. Some were made from heavy oak, which had been transported great distances, others were made from other tree species and occasionally flagstones.
30th March 2026
Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories On January 24th 2025 Ciara Egan and the Lemanaghan Bog Heritage and Conservation Group, Co Offaly
26th March 2026
People from across Westmeath and the wider midlands region attended two public information evenings in Athlone and Mullingar in recent
26th March 2026
People from across Roscommon gathered in the Percy French Hotel, Strokestown recently to learn about the restoration of Ireland’s rare fen wetlands, as part of a
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