Bord na Móna is tasked with rewetting 40,000ha of peatland under European Union Nature Restoration Law commitments.

It had scheduled work at Mount Dillon, Erenagh, and 15 further sites.

Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly and Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice have been engaging with the community on the issue and have visited local sites where flooding is expected if assessments and mitigating works are not carried out.