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Bord na Móna Harvester
The Third Development Programme involved increasing sod and milled peat production, smaller bogs were drained for production.
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Bord na Móna Workshop
Machinery was manufactured and repaired in Bord na Móna's own workshops.
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Corporate film
In 1975, a corporate film was commissioned which premiered in 1977, this showed the new developments in the company.
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Lanesboro Power Station
The new development programme led to the building of new power station units and the extension of existing units.
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Interworks Football Competition
The Bord na Móna interworks football competition grew in popularity. Derrygreenagh beat Mountdillon by 0-8 to 1-3 in 1970.
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Blood Transfusion Visit
The Blood Transfusion mobile unit regularly visited Bord na Móna locations in the 1970s to encourage employees to donate blood.
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Lough Boora Mesolithic Excavation
The Lough Boora site archaeological team. In 1977, a major archaeological excavation was carried out at the Lough Boora site.
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Fuel Marketing
The company continued to advertise the benefits of its fuel products during the 1970s.
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