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Farm Safety Week

Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant aid for PTO shaft covers

Agri-Business

3 months ago

Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant aid for PTO shaft covers

The National Farm Safety Measure 2025 has opened for applications. This measure provides grant...

Mental health just as important as physical safety on farms - TD

Rural Life

3 months ago

Mental health just as important as physical safety on farms - TD

The Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere has called for increased...

HSENI: 'Farming has poorest safety record of any industry'

N.Ireland

4 months ago

HSENI: 'Farming has poorest safety record of any industry'

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has given its full support to the Farm...

HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need 'major rethink'

N.Ireland

over 1 year ago

HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need 'major rethink'

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said that this year's statistics...

Farmers urged to avail of farm safety grants

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Farmers urged to avail of farm safety grants

Farmers should avail of grant opportunities to purchase farm safety equipment to prevent farm...

Machinery

over 2 years ago

Advice: How to remain safe when using an ATV

Teagasc health and safety specialist, Francis Bligh has outlined steps to remain safe while using...

Advice: How to remain safe when using an ATV

Opinion

over 2 years ago

Opinion: Farm Safety Week should be held twice a year

I wholly compliment the efforts made by those involved in Farm Safety Week. But do you know...

Opinion: Farm Safety Week should be held twice a year

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Farm Safety Week: Farmers encouraged to review working practices

Farmers have been encouraged to take time this Farm Safety Week 2023, themed 'Make farm safety a...

Farm Safety Week: Farmers encouraged to review working practices

Agri Politics

over 2 years ago

Watch: Heydon warns summer is 'most dangerous' time on farms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oEXrNGFYqA Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,...

Watch: Heydon warns summer is 'most dangerous' time on farms

Rural Life

over 3 years ago

Cork and Donegal events to mark Farm Safety Week

Minister of State with responsibility for farm safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and...

Cork and Donegal events to mark Farm Safety Week

Rural Life

over 3 years ago

Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI

This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team is...

Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI

Agri-Business

over 4 years ago

Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer

While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles offers new economic and environmental benefits,...

Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

The 'Best' farm safety advice

As former captain of the Ireland rugby team, Rory Best knows what pressure feels like - to have to...

The 'Best' farm safety advice

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

Cool for kids: Farm safety handbook for children unveiled

A farm safety handbook specially designed for children has been launched by AgriKids and...

Cool for kids: Farm safety handbook for children unveiled

Rural Life

over 4 years ago

Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe

Farmers and contractors have been warned that the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe...

Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe

Agri-Business

over 4 years ago

Students' life-saving resources to be distributed to thousands during Farm Safety Week

Students who devised a number of practical resources to promote farm safety in their community will...

Students' life-saving resources to be distributed to thousands during Farm Safety Week

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Farm Safety Week: 'Safety needs to be topic of conversation, just like milk prices'

FRS Network, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have...

Farm Safety Week: 'Safety needs to be topic of conversation, just like milk prices'

Tillage

over 5 years ago

Farm safety week amidst busy harvest season

This week is Farm Safety Week and it coincides with an extremely busy period on many tillage farms...

Farm safety week amidst busy harvest season

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Tipp students' farm safety contest winners to be revealed this week

A farm safety competition organised by a group of secondary school students and young farmers will...

Tipp students' farm safety contest winners to be revealed this week

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

18% of farm accident victims admitted to ICU...with dairy deemed most dangerous

18% of farm accident victims needed to be admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while almost...

18% of farm accident victims admitted to ICU...with dairy deemed most dangerous

Rural Life

over 5 years ago

Traumas resulting in life-changing injuries happen twice as much on farms

Agricultural workers suffer more than twice as many non-fatal workplace injuries as workers in...

Traumas resulting in life-changing injuries happen twice as much on farms

Agri-Business

over 6 years ago

Farm Safety Week aims to make unsafe practices 'socially unacceptable'

Today marks the start of the seventh annual Farm Safety Week. The message for this year’s...

Farm Safety Week aims to make unsafe practices 'socially unacceptable'

N.Ireland

over 7 years ago

NI's Air Ambulance soars one year on...but how many rescues were farming related?

Around one in 10 air ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland over the last year have been related...

NI's Air Ambulance soars one year on...but how many rescues were farming related?

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