Rural Life
Livestock are getting more aggressive and unpredictable, says HSA
Livestock are getting more aggressive and unpredictable, according to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). Whereas farmyard fatalities are well...
Rural Life
Livestock are getting more aggressive and unpredictable, according to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). Whereas farmyard fatalities are well...
Rural Life
Women have a very important role in helping to reduce farm death numbers, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon...
Rural Life
Imposing additional health and safety legislation on farmers will not reduce the number of fatal accidents taking place on Irish...
Rural Life
The possibility of reducing the minimum investment threshold of €2,000 to the Farm Safety Scheme is off the table following...
Agri-Business
New rules that only children between the age of 7 and 16 may be carried in the cab of tractors or...
Rural Life
Two more farm deaths have occurred when two men were killed in a farm accident in Co. Donegal yesterday evening....
Rural Life
A renewed emphasis on farm safety by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been welcomed by the world’s largest...
Rural Life
Farm safety will be a key theame of this week’s episode of Ear to the Ground. After a year of...
Agri-Business
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine show that 1,043 applications have been received for the...
Agri-Business
Only handling facilities classed as ‘mobile’ are eligible for the new 40% Farm Safety Scheme according to the Department of...
Rural Life
In this article, Teagasc Advisor Anthony O’Connor looks at some of the facts around farm fatalities. F is for farm, it...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published the terms and conditions of its Farm Safety grant, which...
Dairy
If you’re a full-time dairy farmer, over 55 years with over 30ha, you’re more likely to have a farm accident...
Agri-Business
Farmers have been urged to move quickly to take full advantage of the new Farm Safety Scheme announced by Minister...
Agri-Business
The mindset on Irish farms needs to change to protect the health of all who work and live on Irish...
Rural Life
An eight-year-old girl has become the latest person to die in a farming accident this year, bringing the total number...
National Ploughing Championships
Coping with the emotional and practical consequences of the tragedy that is a farm death or serious accident is the focus...
Featured
The Health and Safety Executive in Northern Ireland latest Annual Report confirmed that the number of farm deaths has reduced...