Rural Life
10 safety tips to ensure children stay safe on your farm this winter
Rural families were today warned about the heightened risk on farms due to poor visibility and hazardous weather conditions over...
Rural Life
Rural families were today warned about the heightened risk on farms due to poor visibility and hazardous weather conditions over...
Rural Life
A number of farm accident support group meetings are being organised by Embrace FARM (Farm Accidents Remembered and Missed). These...
Rural Life
This evening’s episode of Ear to the Ground visits a farmer who has saved over £2,000 (€2,285) by reducing the...
Rural Life
Mixed farms are the most dangerous for farm fatalities in Ireland, according to figures from the Health and Safety Authority...
Rural Life
Farming continues to be the most hazardous occupation in Ireland, consistently reporting the highest number of fatalities in comparison to...
Opinion
The last few weeks have seen a litany of serious accidents taking place on Irish farms. Each one was a...
Machinery
Farmers and contractors keen to get their 2017 season off to a successful start are advised by tyre maker Michelin...
Environment
Two dogs on a farm in Northern Ireland had a lucky escape recently, after they were overcome by fumes from...
N.Ireland
A woman is understood to be in critical condition after she was attacked by cattle while out walking her dog...
Rural Life
Rodney Cox, the Chairman of the Tullamore Show, was injured in a farm accident last year involving a cow which...
Opinion
This week the farming community has been rocked by three farm deaths within days of each other. Two men died...
Rural Life
Farmers work the longest hours per week in the country with the average usual hours worked per week standing at 49.1...
Rural Life
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said that a change in behaviour of farmers is the key to reducing the dangers in...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority has allocated a budget of €244,000 for 2016 for farm safety initiatives, according to the...
Other
Today marks the final day of Farm Safety Week 2016 supported by the Farm Safety Foundation, Farm Safety Partnerships, the...
Rural Life
The Farm Safety Partnership, an advisory committee of the Health and Safety Authority, has published a new three-year action plan...
Rural Life
Transport is the theme for day four of Farm Safety Week with tractors and moving vehicles having claimed the lives of...
Beef
Day three of Farm Safety Week casts a spotlight on livestock and, in particular, crush injuries and how they can...