Farm Safety
HSA: 20 work fatalities in agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2023
Provisional data from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) shows that 20 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in...
Farm fatalities
Agri-Business
Farming accounts for almost half of work-related fatalities in 2022
Farming accounts for almost half of all work-related fatalities in 2022, and remains the sector with the highest number of...
Farm Safety
Take steps to prioritise a safe Christmas on the farm
With Christmas upon us and harsh conditions having already hit, it is vital that farm families prioritise farm safety, health...
Rural Life
19 farm fatalities last year: '2021 needs to be the year farmers put safety first'
The significant number of fatalities on Irish farms in 2020 as a result of workplace incidents has been highlighted in...
Rural Life
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
Rural Life
Farming the most dangerous sector in 2019 with 20% rise in fatalities
Farming was still the most dangerous sector in the country, according to the latest figures released by the Health and...
Rural Life
Farm fatalities reduce by 40% - but still account for 41% of work deaths
Farm fatalities dropped by 40% in 2018, while the year also saw the lowest figure of work-related fatalities since the establishment...
Rural Life
Reduced number of farm fatalities recorded in 2018
There has been a reduction in the number of farm deaths recorded in 2018, compared to the average of the...
Rural Life
Agri sector most dangerous profession for 8th year running
Farming once again accounted for over half of deaths recorded in the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA’s) recent figures on...
Rural Life
'Recent figures highlight the need to take farm safety more seriously'
In light of the most recent figures on farm deaths, safety must be highlighted as a top priority on farms...
Rural Life
Farm accidents to hospitalise 2,000 farmers this year
Farmers are more likely to be killed on-farm than on the roads, according to Eddie Wall, an inspector with the Health...
Dairy
No easy fix to solve the dairy industry's labour shortage - Creed
The Irish dairy industry needs to look at innovative ways to address labour shortages, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Rural Life
'The high number of farm fatalities must be reduced'
A recent report, showing that farming is the occupation with the highest risk for fatalities, will come as no surprise to...
Rural Life
'Farming carries 10 times more risk of fatality'
Farming is the occupation with the highest risk of fatalities in the country; with a rate nearly 10 times the...
Rural Life
Video: Chilling farm safety advert highlights the danger of freshly calved cows
Farming is the most dangerous profession in Ireland. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) revealed that farmers are eight times more...
Rural Life
'There are plenty of ways to reduce the dangers in farming, without spending a lot of money'
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said that a change in behaviour of farmers is the key to reducing the dangers in...
