Rural Life
'Serious lessons have to be learned from farming deaths in 2014'
The founder of Embrace FARM – the organisation established last year to provide support for families affected by fatal farm...
Farm Safety
Rural Life
Hogan threatens to take grants off farmers if they don't improve safety record
Farmers have been warned that they could lose EU grants if they don’t improve safety standards by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan....
Rural Life
ESB reminds farmers to be safe this Christmas
The ESB is reminding farmers to be safe this Christmas and to never take risks with electricity. It says that in...
Agri-Business
Goodman group to sponsor farm safety initiative
The Larry Goodman ABP Food Group is to sponsor a farm safety exhibition at next year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition....
Rural Life
8 year old girl dies in farming accident, another critical
An eight-year-old girl has become the latest person to die in a farming accident this year, bringing the total number...
Agri-Business
‘My father got a blow to the head on Tuesday. On Friday we turned off the life support’
“My father was working on a machine and got a blow to the side of the head. That’s all we...