Rural Life
Minister for Small Business voices alarm at spike in farm deaths
The Minister for Employment and Small Business Pat Breen, plus 30 local farmers, have attended a farm safety walk in...
Rural Life
The Minister for Employment and Small Business Pat Breen, plus 30 local farmers, have attended a farm safety walk in...
Rural Life
An 83-year-old farmer has died following an accident which happened on in Co. Cork yesterday afternoon, An Garda Siochana has...
Rural Life
Farming continues to be the most hazardous occupation in Ireland, consistently reporting the highest number of fatalities in comparison to...
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
A young man in his 20s died on a stud farm near Fethard in Co. Tipperary yesterday evening after he...
Rural Life
Gardai in Co. Meath are investigating after a man in his early 60s died in an accident involving a tractor...
Rural Life
Would you know what to do if you found a family member or a neighbour unconscious or bleeding on the...
Rural Life
A third year student from Bailieborough Community School, Co. Cavan, Shane Farrelly, has won the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA)...
Beef
Well designed and maintained cattle handling facilities are essential for the safe handling of cattle and prevention of injury to...
Environment
On average, there are two farming fatalities a year in Ireland due to slurry gas poisoning or drowning, according to...
Beef
Farmers at a recent farm safety event in Tipperary were asked by Billy Gleeson Education Officer with Teagasc ‘What is...
Rural Life
Tomorrow, Monday April 11, is the beginning of an intensive two-week farm safety inspection campaign with Inspectors from the Health and...
Rural Life
A young girl is in a serious condition at University Hospital Galway (UHG) following a farm accident in Dunmore, Co....
Rural Life
A farmer in his early 60s has died in a farm accident in Mullahorn, Co. Cavan, a Garda spokesperson has...
Rural Life
Farmers need to improve their slurry handling facilities with only 57% of farms being compliant with the requirements in 2015,...
Beef
A recent Agriland poll shows that 47% of farmers have been attacked by a cow at calving time. The results...
Tillage
Across the country, tillage farmers are getting ready for the busy spring season and maintaining and preparing machines for the work ahead...
Agri-Business
Agri-businesses will now be able to carry out risk assessments and create their own safety statements with a free online safety...