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Clare farm tragedy last year could have taken another life

November 6, 2018

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…

Two farmers die in separate farm accidents in Mayo and Laois

August 2, 2016

Rural Life

Two farmers have died in separate farm accidents over the past number of days, a Garda spokesperson has confirmed to Agriland. Last Thursday,…

Farm death: Man dies in farming accident in Cork

June 8, 2016

Rural Life

A farm death has occurred, in Cork, after a man fell when the roof he was standing on collapsed. The accident happened outside…

Embrace Farm to establish support group for the mid-west

March 29, 2016

Rural Life

Embrace Farm, the bereavement support group for those affected by farm accidents, is to extend its network with a new group for Clare,…

Farmers need to improve their slurry handling facilities, HSA figures show

March 9, 2016

Rural Life

Farmers need to improve their slurry handling facilities with only 57% of farms being compliant with the requirements in 2015, figures from the…

Embrace FARM sets up fourth support network

February 16, 2016

Rural Life

Bereavement support group Embrace FARM is to extend its network to Westmeath and it is meeting this Friday to kick-start group for Westmeath…

The ‘ah sure I’ll be grand’ attitude is literally killing Irish farmers

November 13, 2015

Opinion

It really is the simple things that can be the difference between life and death for farmers in Ireland. That was the overwhelming message…

Children are a major casualty on Irish farms: 105 children died on Northern farms since 1968

November 7, 2015

N.Ireland

Between 1968 and November 2015 there’s been 485 farming-related deaths in Northern Ireland, Malcolm Downey of the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI)…

‘Time is the highest source of stress for farmers’

November 5, 2015

Rural Life

Time is the highest source of stress for farmers, according to a new study by NUI Galway and Teagasc. The findings were presented…

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