Agri-Business
Trade union SIPTU said it willing to help develop a new Safe Pass programme for farmers in a bid to further improve farm safety.
Rural Life
There was a 40% drop in the number of work-related deaths in the agricultural sector last year, according to the HSA.
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched its annual calendar aiming to promote farm safety to children.
Applications are being sought for a UCD Teagasc Walsh scholarship research project focused on the impact of sudden farm deaths and injuries.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has urged farmers to consider risks before undertaking work on their farm.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said 20 people died in work-related incidents in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in 2023.
Two major organisations - European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)...
A man and a woman have died in separate farm incidents which occurred in counties Donegal and Kilkenny over the weekend.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has said the farming sector is still "over-represented" in its fatality figures.
Buildings
25 people have lost their lives as a result of farm construction work between 2010 and 2019, Dr, Robert Leonard of the DAFM said.
Agri Politics
Farmers must put safety first on their farms because not doing so puts them, their children and their neighbours at risk, the IFA has warned.
Tractors were involved in the majority of workplace fatalities resulting from vehicle accidents in 2018, according to the HSA.
A tragic crush accident in Co. Clare last year, which took one man's life, could have taken another if not for a lucky escape.
A minute’s silence will be observed at all marts nationwide this week in remembrance of loved ones who have been killed in farming accidents.
The fourth remembrance service for victims of farm accidents will be held in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, tomorrow, June 25, at 2:00pm.
Farm deaths have more than doubled the number of fatalities recorded for the first five months in...
The Health and Safety Authority estimates that it will spend €417,000 on farm safety initiatives in 2017, maintaining funding at 2016 levels.
The statistics show that those most vulnerable on farm account for well over three of every ten farm deaths
Opinion
This week the farming community has been rocked by three farm deaths within days of each other.
