Ian O’Doherty: Lighting a turf fire in a pub won’t destroy the planet, so save your guilt-tripping for the big boys

There's something very satisfying about settling down in front of a turf fire. Photo: Getty As the country basks in some warm weather, it won’t be sufficient compensation for what was, by and large, a pretty rotten summer. But no matter how unseasonably balmy this week is, there can be no doubting one simple fact: summer is gone, autumn is here and winter isn’t far away.

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