'They're not giving us an alternative' - Limerick man selling 'Irish mud' in face of ban on sale of turf

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'They're not giving us an alternative' - Limerick man selling 'Irish mud' in face of ban on sale of turf

A businessman is advertising his turf logs as “mud” in a “tongue-in-cheek” protest at the proposed ban on the sale of peat and other fossil fuels. Eric McNulty, who owns and runs McNulty Fuels, which is a petrol and fueling station in the town of Hospital, Co Limerick, is advertising “bags of decorative hardened Irish mud for sale” and says it is “for ornamental use only – not to be burned in a fire”. Eric joined Sean on the show to discuss the move...

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'They're not giving us an alternative' - Limerick man selling 'Irish mud' in face of ban on sale of turf