N.Ireland
HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need 'major rethink'
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said that this year’s statistics on farm deaths and accidents...
Farm Safety Week
Farm Safety
Farmers urged to avail of farm safety grants
Farmers should avail of grant opportunities to purchase farm safety equipment to prevent farm accidents, according to the Macra president,...
Farm Safety
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 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV)....
Opinion
Opinion: Farm Safety Week should be held twice a year
I wholly compliment the efforts made by those involved in Farm Safety Week. But do you know what? We should...
Agri-Business
Farm Safety Week: Farmers encouraged to review working practices
Farmers have been encouraged to take time this Farm Safety Week 2023, themed ‘Make farm safety a way of life’,...
Farm Safety
Watch: Heydon warns summer is 'most dangerous' time on farms
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for farm safety, Martin Heydon said...
Farm Safety
Cork and Donegal events to mark Farm Safety Week
Minister of State with responsibility for farm safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Martin Heydon,...
Rural Life
Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI
This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team is visiting rural primary schools...
Agri-Business
Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer
While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles offers new economic and environmental benefits, their future growth also presents the new...
Rural Life
The 'Best' farm safety advice
As former captain of the Ireland rugby team, Rory Best knows what pressure feels like – to have to get...
Rural Life
Cool for kids: Farm safety handbook for children unveiled
A farm safety handbook specially designed for children has been launched by AgriKids and Flogas. The farm safety education platform...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe
Farmers and contractors have been warned that the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe on farms....
Agri-Business
Students' life-saving resources to be distributed to thousands during Farm Safety Week
Students who devised a number of practical resources to promote farm safety in their community will see that message spread...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: 'Safety needs to be topic of conversation, just like milk prices'
FRS Network, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have come together to promote the...
Tillage
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....
Rural Life
Tipp students' farm safety contest winners to be revealed this week
A farm safety competition organised by a group of secondary school students and young farmers will reveal the winners of...
Rural Life
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), while almost 20% of victims...
Rural Life
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...