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ICRR air ambulance called to 46 farming accidents in 2020

February 18, 2021

The Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) Air Ambulance was tasked to 46 farming accidents last year – amounting to almost one a week.…

Video: Minister Heydon gives top 3 farm safety tips for 2021

January 12, 2021

Rural Life

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for farm safety, Martin Heydon has outlined his…

Farm accident victims in south of country ‘should be cared for in their own region’

October 6, 2020

Rural Life

Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig O’Sullivan has called on the Department of Health to accede to requests made by consultants in the south of…

‘Our Lord didn’t fall as many times as I did but I was determined to walk again…’

October 27, 2019

Rural Life

When Aengus Mannion eventually got back on his feet three or four years after a very serious accident on a farm estate he…

How a ‘split second’ can change farm and family life forever…

October 6, 2019

Rural Life

When Diane Banville’s husband Kevin (33) died in a farm accident on St. Patrick’s Day 2014 her whole life changed “in a split…

Telling daddy all about the first day at school – at his graveside

October 6, 2019

Rural Life

When a mother’s five-year-old son tells her he wants to tell his daddy all about his first day at school she will honour…

‘I miss Kevin; I miss our chats and I miss him being there’

October 5, 2019

Rural Life

Diane Banville, who is originally from Co. Clare but now living in New Ross, Co. Wexford, is acutely aware now that “life is…

Clare farm tragedy last year could have taken another life

November 6, 2018

Rural Life

By Gordon Deegan A tragic crush accident in Co. Clare last year, which took one man’s life, could have taken another if not…

Embrace FARM: Counting the cost of accidents, personally and financially

November 26, 2017

Rural Life

The financial fall-out as a result of sustaining serious injuries in farm accidents was one of the issues highlighted at a farm accident…

Embrace FARM to hold survivors’ day

November 12, 2017

Rural Life

Embrace FARM, the farm accident support group, will hold a farm accident survivors’ conference in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise, on Saturday, November…

Farm accidents to hospitalise 2,000 farmers this year

July 17, 2017

Rural Life

Farmers are more likely to be killed on-farm than on the roads, according to Eddie Wall, an inspector with the Health and Safety Authority…

No easy fix to solve the dairy industry’s labour shortage – Creed

July 5, 2017

Dairy

The Irish dairy industry needs to look at innovative ways to address labour shortages, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed. This…

Revealed: The 5 causes of most machinery accidents on the road

June 13, 2017

Rural Life

According to CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Industry), a recent European study has found that more than four fifths (83%) of accidents that happen…

Farming the most dangerous profession in Ireland – 21 farm deaths in 2016

January 5, 2017

Rural Life

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has confirmed that farming is Ireland’s most dangerous profession, as 21 people lost their lives in farm…

Embrace FARM to host a series of farm accident support group meetings

November 13, 2016

Rural Life

A number of farm accident support group meetings are being organised by Embrace FARM (Farm Accidents Remembered and Missed). These support group meetings…