Rural Life
Child Farm Safety Week commences in Northern Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched Farm Safety Week 2021, which coincides with its annual...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched Farm Safety Week 2021, which coincides with its annual...
Other
The Irish Community Air Ambulance (ICAA) has been tasked 38 times to farm-related incidents and, in total, has responded to...
Machinery
Agricultural contractors should ensure they conduct “simple daily checks” on their tractors and machinery before hitting the roads for a...
Other
There has been a delay in the delivery of accelerated capital allowances for farm-safety equipment, but the application process is...
Rural Life
The recent spell of wet weather and the ensuing delays to silage cutting and harvesting in some parts of the...
Agri-Business
One of the overall aims of the agricultural science curriculum at Leaving Certificate level is to promote farm safety, according...
Rural Life
Amended regulations on the safe use of quad bikes will be coming into effect later this year, the Health and...
Featured
We’re entering the summer period, where hard work and preparation is starting to pay off – despite the chilly start...
Rural Life
Laois County Fire and Rescue Service recently held agricultural machinery rescue training sessions with crews across the county as the...
Machinery
With silage season getting underway across the country, there are certain elements that tractor drivers – and fellow road-users –...
Rural Life
Rural road users are being urged to exercise patience and awareness as this year’s silage season begins. The farm and...
Rural Life
Sligo farmer Aengus Mannion was almost crushed to death when a teleporter rolled over him on a farm in Navan,...
Agri-Business
As the busy silage season gets underway, all farmers and contractors are being urged to carefully plan their work and...
Rural Life
A 13-year-old boy has been hailed as a hero by local emergency services in Co. Cork, after playing a key...
Rural Life
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has welcomed the launch of the...
Agri-Business
Irish agricultural contractors have begun a project which will seek to work safety practices across farms in this country –...
Rural Life
AgriKids, the farm safety educational platform, is looking for aspiring agri writers to be their guest bloggers. Children can forward...
Dairy
The spring-calving season is well under way on farms across the country with over half a million calves already being...