Sheep
HSA: Reducing health and injury risks during lambing
During the busy lambing season on many farms, farmers are aware of the physical strain assisting the birth of a...
HSA
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,...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Rural Life
HSA issues warning on chainsaw dangers during storm clean up
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has called on members of the public to put safety first when using chainsaws...
Farm Safety
HSA launches inspection campaign ahead of calving season
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week farm inspection campaign next Monday (January 22) focused on the...
Rural Life
Man (60s) dies following incident on Limerick farm
Gardaí have confirmed that a man in his 60s has died following an accident on a farm in Co. Limerick...
Dairy
Dairy farmer fined after contractor dies in fall from shed roof
A dairy farmer from Co. Limerick has been fined after a fall from a height led to the death of...
Farm Safety
HSA: Farmers must consider risks before undertaking jobs
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has urged farmers to consider risks before undertaking work on their farm. The appeal...
Farm Safety
HSA: 20 work fatalities in agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2023
Provisional data from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) shows that 20 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
Woman (70s) dies in farm related incident in Co. Kerry
A woman in her 70s has died in a farm related incident in Co. Kerry yesterday (Friday, December 1), Gardaí...
Rural Life
Investigation after man dies in Wexford farm accident
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched an investigation into the tragic death of a farmer in his 70s...
Rural Life
HSA launches farmer health and wellbeing inspection campaign
A new, week long campaign to encourage every farmer in the country “to think about and consider their health and...
Farm Safety
New quad regulations come into force next week
Farmers are being reminded that new regulations around the safe use of quad bikes in Ireland will come into force...
Farm Safety
HSA urges farmers not to enter slurry tanks to inspect slats
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has urged farmers not to enter slurry tanks in order to inspect concrete slats...
Rural Life
HSA investigates death of farmer (58) from Co. Leitrim
The farming community in Co. Leitrim is mourning the death of local man John Harkness, in what is believed to...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Rural Life
HSA investigation after man dies in Kerry farm accident
The farming community in Co. Kerry is mourning the loss of a local man in a farm accident yesterday (Thursday,...
Rural Life
Loughrea Mart: Investigations ongoing into death of cattle dealer
Loughrea Mart has extended its “deepest sympathies” to the family and friends of a “well-known” cattle dealer who died following...
Rural Life
HSA begins 2-week campaign on working at height in farming
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has begun a two-week safety campaign focussing on working at height in agricultural settings....
Rural Life
Man (60s) dies following incident at Loughrea Mart
A man in his late 60s has died following an incident during a sale at Loughrea Mart yesterday afternoon (Saturday,...