Free Wetland Restoration Training for Contractors & Machine Operators Find out dates, locations, and how to attend here.
Interested in wetland restoration work? Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration Scheme are running free training events...
Distillation with Luke Casserly at the Fiesta Hall, Kilcormac, Offaly Photo: Luke Casserly with Distillation at Fiesta...
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories There is something about wandering down a field in a...
By Helen Shaw If part of our work in Tóchar Stories is about mapping people’s...
Bord na Móna Boora, Offaly workers reunite on the company’s 80th birthday – Helen Shaw...
Fen Restoration Plans are being developed for thirty-six individual sites under contract by environmental company...
As demand for wetland restoration projects continues to grow, Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration Scheme, with...
Mapping our changing relationship with the wetlands By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories It was poet...
Visit by Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, highlights the global...
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories From my first encounter with Eileen Fahey, of Kilteevan Tidy...
On 13th June 2026, the Bog Bothy hosted a Leave No Trace Awareness Course, organised...
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories Nature photography Tina Claffey sharing the art of capturing the hidden world of...
Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration, in partnership with Photo Museum Ireland, has announced Photographer Evanna Devine...
Eugene Dunbar on how the bogs hold our history Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories It’s a beautiful...
On the 25th of May 2026, Photo Museum Ireland, Tóchar and photographer Evanna Devine came...
Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories I first met Hugh Shepherd in late November 2024, when he offered...
Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories It’s a wild and wet Spring day on Carrownagappul Bog,...
Tóchar is delighted to announce that we have launched an open call for wetland restoration...
Hazel Daly, Tóchar Community Engagement Officer, was delighted to welcome students from Coralstown National School...
Costed proposals are being sought for wetland plans and projects that will be funded by...
John Feehan presented this essay as his keynote address at the Tóchar: A Path from...
Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories The children in Lanesborough Primary School, Co Longford look out at...
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories I first visited and walked Abbeyleix Bog, in Co Laois,...
Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories On January 24th 2025 Ciara Egan and the Lemanaghan Bog...
People from across Westmeath and the wider midlands region attended two public information evenings in...
People from across Roscommon gathered in the Percy French Hotel, Strokestown recently to learn about the restoration of Ireland’s rare fen...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, Ireland: People from across Laois and Offaly gathered in recent weeks to learn about the restoration of Ireland’s...
Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration in collaboration with Photo Museum Ireland are delighted to announce an exciting new photographic commission...
Ireland is undergoing a profound shift. Across the country, ecosystems are under pressure and degrading...
Helen Shaw – curator Tóchar Stories Photo: Ciaran Duggan, Chairman Carbury Bogs Trust at Knockirr...
by Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories curator Photo: Tóchar Stories, Helen Shaw on a guided...
Tóchar were happy to support the IRWC in recent times and wish to highlight the...
By Helen Shaw – curator Tóchar Stories There are stories woven into our family names...
The Bog Bothy is a shelter designed as part of a Climate Action project by...
by Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories A song comes as easy as a story when...
Photo: Sean Mooney in front of the replica wheel, Kilteevan Community Centre. (Photo Stephen Crilly)...
On Saturday, January 24th Tóchar Stories is co-hosting a community storytelling event and heritage walk...
Tóchar in cooperation with the Irish Architecture Foundation and 12th Field are now inviting Expressions...
Photo : Eileen Fahey, Kilteevan Tidy Towns, with the Kilteevan NS senior class and the...
by Helen Shaw — curator of Tóchar Stories When we meet communities in the Midlands...
Ecologist George Smith and the Gorman brothers discuss options for restoration measures on Clonneale More...
By Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories curator Photo: St Anne’s NS Tyrrellspass, Westmeath 5th Class with...
Helen Shaw, Tóchar Stories Curator Photo: Camcloon NS children celebrating Halloween and the creation of...
Text and photography by Helen Shaw, Athena Media How can we imagine our future if...
Eileen Fahey is some woman for one woman. She’s a self described ‘blow-in’ to Kilteevan,...
On Thursday evening, (11 September), local Westmeath and Offaly residents gathered to learn about a...
Tóchar is proud to be leading the development of a restoration plan for Pollardstown Fen...
Composer Ann Cleare, one of our Bogland guests. photo Amelie Kahn-Ackermann Helen Shaw, of Tóchar...
Tóchar Midlands Wetlands Restoration are hosting a public information evening on Thursday, September 11th, from...
Come along to this ‘Place and Belonging Storytelling Community Workshop hosted by Tóchar Stories and Kilcormac Development Association...
The sun shone on the Tóchar Stories bog talk and walk in Kilteevan, Co Roscommon...
Research shows Irish people value restored wetlands for their nature, environmental and community benefits Clara...
For International Bog Day Tóchar Stories partnered with the National Library and the Seamus Heaney...
In celebration of Heritage Week and in association with the Kilteevan Tidy Towns Group and...
Photo credit: Annie Holland Ella McSweeney featured a Bog Special on the Countrywide programme on...
Our unfenced country Is bog that keeps crusting Between the sights of the sun” –...
By Helen Shaw – Tóchar Stories curator Photo 1: Samratchana, a 2nd Class pupil in...
Photo 1: Hugo Davis, one of the 4th Class pupils in the Tóchar Community Stories...
Nearly half of respondents have a vested interest in wetland restoration, with 10% of those...
We are delighted to invite you to register now for Tóchar: A Path from the Past, A Future...
How Tóchar Community Stories is working to capture the stories of people living by the ...
Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration is a major three-year initiative focused on wetland restoration, research, and...
Under the partnership €250,000 per year will be allocated for 2025 and 2026. The partnership...
This St.Brigid’s Day, we honour the deep connections between women, land, and restoration. Just as...
Tóchar Midlands Wetlands Restoration is seeking a multi-disciplinary team to create a restoration plan for...
Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration is excited to announce our cultural custodianship and heritage of wetlands...
The Just Transition Platform (JTP) provides a single access point to support and knowledge on...
Tóchar project manager, Shirley Clerkin, alongside artist Shane Hynan participated in a panel discussion at...
Expressions of interest sought from local individuals and groups to identify wetland sites to be...
Nature restoration presents both significant challenges and substantial benefits. One of the key challenges lies...
Peat extraction in Ireland has a long history, deeply intertwined with the country’s cultural and...
