Rural Life
Farm safety fortnight to focus on preventing injuries from tractors and livestock
Tomorrow, Monday April 11, is the beginning of an intensive two-week farm safety inspection campaign with Inspectors from the Health and...
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...
Beef
Some 26 people were killed while working with animals in the agricultural sector in Ireland between 2006 and 2015. However, these...
Machinery
Tractors and machinery are the main cause of farm fatalities in Ireland, Health and Safety Authority figures show. Figures show...
Rural Life
Machinery is associated with 17% of farm deaths, according to Teagasc and between 2005 and 2014, 58 people were killed...
Rural Life
Farmers have the power to change behaviour and improve farm safety across Ireland and Northern Ireland, according to industry experts....
Rural Life
A 59-year-old farmer in Co. Galway has become the latest fatality in Irish farming. The accident happened in Crumlin, Ballyglunin, Co....
Rural Life
Some 57% of farm accidents are on dairy farms, John McNamara of Teagasc has said, so if you work on a...
Rural Life
A farmer was left with a prosthetic leg after he got wrapped up in the power shaft of his diet...
Rural Life
Gardai are investigating a farm death that occurred in Co. Clare yesterday (October 22) evening in which a man was...
Agri-Business
A man who fell from a height died a number of days after been taken to hospital with head injuries...
Rural Life
The teenage boy, seriously injured following a farming accident in Carlow, has died. The farming accident occurred in Ballan, Carlow...
Rural Life
Farmers might not be the most articulate about stress and the issues around stress but that doesn’t mean it’s not part...