Agri-Business
Agri-businesses can now save up to €1,500 with handy tool for safety
Agri-businesses will now be able to carry out risk assessments and create their own safety statements with a free online safety...
Safety
Rural Life
'Anywhere outside the Pale seems to be an easy target for burglars'
Rural Ireland seems to be an easy target for burglars, according to Robert O’Shea, an agri-contractor from Littleton, Co. Tipperary....
Sponsored
Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Rural Life
Father tells of six year old's farm death
The heartbroken father of an ‘extraordinary little fellow’ who died in a farm death on his farm has told of...
Environment
40% grant available to improve farm safety
Cattle handling facilities including mobile cattle crushes, weighing scales, calving gates as well as numerous more farmyard upgrades are part...
Rural Life
ICSA reiterates call for farm safety to be included in primary curriculum
Following another tragic farm accident involving children, ICSA president Patrick Kent has again called for health and safety education to...
Rural Life
The role of stress in farm accidents
As the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine launches a National Farm Safety Initiative, and as part of a...
Rural Life
Ignorance is not an excuse when it comes to farm safety
As the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine launches a National Farm Safety Initiative, and in a series of...
Rural Life
'The bullock reared up and submerged my Dad in the river. There was nothing we could do'
As the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine launches a National Farm Safety Initiative, and in the first of...
Sponsored
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...
Opinion
Farm safety starts on the farm
So far this year, 20 people have died in accidents on Irish farms. In 2011, 22 people died on farms. In...
Opinion
Farm safety policy – too much carrot – not enough stick?
Speaking at the Tullamore Show this week the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney said that he...
Other
Two deaths last week brings farm deaths to 16
In the same week as National Farm Safety Day, two farm deaths have occurred, including the death of Offaly’s U-21...
Rural Life
‘National Farm Safety Awareness Day’
Today is National Farm Safety Awareness Day and all stakeholders in Irish agriculture are calling on farmers to take time...