Rural Life
HSA to begin 'farm-inspection campaign' next Monday
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has announced plans to carry out 300 on-farm inspections beginning on Monday, January 27....
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has announced plans to carry out 300 on-farm inspections beginning on Monday, January 27....
Rural Life
Following the lifting of the annual ban on slurry and fertiliser spreading, and the beginning of the open period today,...
Rural Life
Farming was still the most dangerous sector in the country, according to the latest figures released by the Health and...
Agri-Business
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has issued a request for comments and observations by written submission on draft safety,...
National Ploughing Championships 2019
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) launched a new farming publication entitled ‘Confined Spaces in Agriculture’, during the official opening...
Rural Life
Children and the elderly are most in danger on farms, particularly from tractors, according to the Health and Safety Authority...
Rural Life
Farmers have been urged to take heed of the dangers in their workplace as National Farm Safety Awareness week kicks...
Rural Life
An agri-contractor based in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, made a surprise discovery that could well have saved his life when mixing...
Rural Life
The safety of children on farms as the summer holidays approach is being highlighted in a new appeal from the...
Machinery
A maximum loading height of 6m for silage pits has been called for by the Association of Farm and Forestry...
Rural Life
The body of a man who died in a farm accident in Co. Longford yesterday, Thursday, May 23, has been...
Agri-Business
A man in his 60s has died following a farm accident in Aughnacliffe, Co. Longford, this evening, Thursday, May 23....
Rural Life
Farmers are being urged to take one minute to ensure they know the five checks tractor drivers should focus on...
Rural Life
A man in his 70s has died following an accident on his farm in Co. Waterford. The incident occurred yesterday...
Rural Life
The launch of the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA’s) “Strategy Statement 2019-21” has been announced by Minister for Trade, Employment,...
Rural Life
A Cork dairy farmer has urged fellow farmers to learn from his experience by sharing the story of a bull...
Beef
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will commence an “intensive farm safety inspection campaign” beginning next Monday, January 28. There...
Beef
Farmers will begin to spread slurry around the country next week. First and foremost in their minds should be safety....