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Farm Safety Week

Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant aid for PTO shaft covers

Agri-Business

4 months ago

Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant aid for PTO shaft covers

The National Farm Safety Measure 2025 has opened for applications. This measure provides grant...

Mental health just as important as physical safety on farms - TD

Rural Life

4 months ago

Mental health just as important as physical safety on farms - TD

Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere has called for increased awareness of the mental health challenges facing farmers.

HSENI: 'Farming has poorest safety record of any industry'

N.Ireland

4 months ago

HSENI: 'Farming has poorest safety record of any industry'

The HSENI has given its full support to the Farm Safety Foundation in its efforts to change farming’s poor safety record.

HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need 'major rethink'

N.Ireland

over 1 year ago

HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need 'major rethink'

The HSENI has said that this year's statistics on farm deaths and accidents are "likely to show no drastic improvement".

Farmers urged to avail of farm safety grants

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Farmers urged to avail of farm safety grants

Grant opportunities for farmers to purchase farm safety equipment should be availed of, according to the Macra president, Elaine Houlihan.

Machinery

over 2 years ago

Advice: How to remain safe when using an ATV

Teagasc health and safety specialist, Francis Bligh has outlined steps to remain safe while using an (ATV).

Advice: How to remain safe when using an ATV

Opinion

over 2 years ago

Opinion: Farm Safety Week should be held twice a year

I wholly compliment the efforts made those involved in Farm Safety Week. But do you know what? We should have two such events in the year.

Opinion: Farm Safety Week should be held twice a year

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Farm Safety Week: Farmers encouraged to review working practices

Farmers have been encouraged to take time this Farm Safety Week to review working practices to ensure their farm is safe.

Farm Safety Week: Farmers encouraged to review working practices

Agri Politics

over 2 years ago

Watch: Heydon warns summer is 'most dangerous' time on farms

Minister with responsibility for farm safety, Martin Heydon said that summer is "the most dangerous" time on farms

Watch: Heydon warns summer is 'most dangerous' time on farms

Rural Life

over 3 years ago

Cork and Donegal events to mark Farm Safety Week

Minister Martin Heydon has launched the IFA Farm Safety Week highlighting the need to protect farmers and farm workers.

Cork and Donegal events to mark Farm Safety Week

Rural Life

over 3 years ago

Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI

This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team are extremely busy visiting rural primary...

Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI

Agri-Business

over 4 years ago

Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer

Agri-EPI Centre and Hands Free Farm (HFF) have announced they will hold a 'hackathon' to identify new solutions for robotic farming safety.

Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

The 'Best' farm safety advice

Farmers sometimes make split-second decisions without adequate risk assessment. Rory Best urges farmers to take farm safety seriously

The 'Best' farm safety advice

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

Cool for kids: Farm safety handbook for children unveiled

A farm safety handbook specially designed for children has been launched by AgriKids and...

Cool for kids: Farm safety handbook for children unveiled

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe

Farmers and contractors have been warned the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe on farms ahead of the 2021 Farm Safety Week.

Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe

Agri-Business

over 4 years ago

Students' life-saving resources to be distributed to thousands during Farm Safety Week

Students will see their farm-safety message spread far and wide during National Farm Safety Awareness Week 2021, from July 19-23

Students' life-saving resources to be distributed to thousands during Farm Safety Week

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Farm Safety Week: 'Safety needs to be topic of conversation, just like milk prices'

The FRS Network, the IFA and the Health and Safety Authority have come together to promote the eighth National Farm Safety Week.

Farm Safety Week: 'Safety needs to be topic of conversation, just like milk prices'

Tillage

over 5 years ago

Farm safety week amidst busy harvest season

This week is Farm Safety Week and it coincides with an extremely busy period on many tillage farms - harvest.

Farm safety week amidst busy harvest season

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Tipp students' farm safety contest winners to be revealed this week

A farm safety competition organised by secondary school students and young farmers will reveal the winners of their €5,000 prize fund.

Tipp students' farm safety contest winners to be revealed this week

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

18% of farm accident victims admitted to ICU...with dairy deemed most dangerous

18% of farm accident victims needed to be admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), according to a new study on Irish farm safety.

18% of farm accident victims admitted to ICU...with dairy deemed most dangerous

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Traumas resulting in life-changing injuries happen twice as much on farms

Agricultural workers suffer more than twice as many non-fatal workplace injuries as workers in other sectors, according to new research.

Traumas resulting in life-changing injuries happen twice as much on farms

Agri-Business

over 6 years ago

Farm Safety Week aims to make unsafe practices 'socially unacceptable'

Today marks the start of the seventh Farm Safety Week. The message for this year’s campaign is: 'Save Lives. Think Safety – Farm Safely.'

Farm Safety Week aims to make unsafe practices 'socially unacceptable'

N.Ireland

over 7 years ago

NI's Air Ambulance soars one year on...but how many rescues were farming related?

Around one in 10 air ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland over the last year have been related...

NI's Air Ambulance soars one year on...but how many rescues were farming related?

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