Official Ireland turns a blind eye to widespread illegal peat mining

Pod of The Last Word on the Environment, with Matt Cooper on Today FM, as broadcast on Thursday June 26th is below. Topics include the EPA report on widespread illegal bog mining in Ireland; health and environmental impacts of noise pollution, plus, as France moves to ban cigarette smoking in many outdoor locations from July 1st, we discuss the hugely negative impact of the estimated 4.5 trillion discarded cigarette butts annually.