Liam Gorman barred from Garrymore Bog over peat extraction

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The High Court found Liam Gorman trespassing and barred him from Garrymore Bog over peat extraction, in a judgment delivered on 24 June 2025.

The ruling followed a hearing that began on 19 June 2025. The court dismissed Gorman’s counterclaim after he called no evidence. It made no award of damages against him because Bord na Móna decided not to provide evidence in support of its damages claim.

Bord na Móna had obtained orders restraining him from trespassing and carrying out work on the bog in May 2024. The court found that most of the land belonged to the company.

A later report said Gorman had been repeatedly barred from the land and that proceedings he initiated in April 2026 remained undecided.