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Paddy Concannon, President of the Irish Turf Cutters and Contractors Association, born County Galway, 1918.
Since 2009, Concannon has led opposition to a ban on non-commerical turf cutting of raised bogs. This began with an EU derogation ordering the protection of raised bogs. The new ban applies to thirty-two Special Areas of Conservation; a further twenty-four will be covered by the end of 2011, and seventy-five by the end of 2013.
Concannon has stated that he will do everything he can to overturn the ban, saying: "We will help and assist everyone who wishes to cut turf on the bogs affected," he said. "I have been cutting turf for more than 80 years and I have a great respect for the land. I'm prepared to go to prison if it comes to that."