Farm Safety
Discussion groups to be held for feedback on new farm safety app
Farmers have been asked to provide feedback on a new app for health and farm safety as part of small,...
Farm Safety
Farmers have been asked to provide feedback on a new app for health and farm safety as part of small,...
Opinion
Over the coming weeks farmers and contractors throughout Ireland will be stressing every sinew to get slurry mixed and out...
Dairy
A dairy farmer from Co. Limerick has been fined after a fall from a height led to the death of...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has welcomed the level of attention with which Santa Claus carries...
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a workplace inspection campaign focused on agricultural contractors across...
Farm Safety
Farmers are being reminded that new regulations around the safe use of quad bikes in Ireland will come into force...
Farm Safety
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is reminding farmers to ensure they take necessary precautions when using cubicle lime. Heavy rainfall,...
Environment
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin an inspection campaign today (Monday, October 16) of renewable energy installations, including...
Opinion
I wholly compliment the efforts made by those involved in Farm Safety Week. But do you know what? We should...
Farm Safety
Social pressure from other farmers and advisers “positively” influences attitudes to health and safety on farms, a new study has...
Agri-Business
The Teagasc Pig Department in conjunction with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and FBD Insurance have launched their “Pig...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan A west Clare man has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach concerning a fatal farm...
Rural Life
Farmers are being urged to take part in a new programme which is aimed at providing them with “tools to...
Other
Did you know that 25% of farmers aged 30, and 50% of farmers aged 50 have some form of hearing...
Rural Life
Additional reporting by Bernie Commins The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating the circumstances surround the death of man...
Horticulture
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched a free and short online course for seasonal workers in horticulture. The...
Pig/Poultry
Two Northern Ireland (NI) poultry companies have been prosecuted for health-and-safety failings that resulted in an employee receiving life-changing crush...
Rural Life
Farmers experience five times higher cardiovascular, three times higher cancer and seven times higher mortality in the working age range...