A Bord na Móna proposal to lease bogs and equipment to workers taking voluntary redundancy in the future has been narrowly rejected in a secret ballot.

Report shows turf-cutting machine at work in bog; narrow gauge train carrying peat moss.

Bord na Móna headquarters, Dublin.

Delegates leaving union meeting after ballot.

The reporter is Pat Sweeney.

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