Farm Safety Week: Older farmers urged to look at how they work
Farm Safety Week is continuing . . . and the message today is for older farmers to think more about the ways they can improve their health and safety. Accidents involving farmers over 55 years of age account for 55% of farm deaths. 35% of fatal accidents on farms involve…
Farm Safety Week: Farmers warned of dangers of electricity, overhead wires
This week is Farm Safety week. The IFA has different message for farmers every day this week in an effort to highlight the importance of safety – today the organisation is focusing on transport and machinery. The ESB is also supporting this week’s initiative. Arthur Byrne is the ESB’s national…
IFA Farm Safety Week kicks off today
Today is the beginning of the 6th annual Farm Safety Week. The initiative is run by the IFA to highlight safety on farms and to reduce the chance of injury with this year’s message being ‘Your Health. Your Safety. Your Choice.’ 24 people died in farming related incidents in 2017…
Heat warning for farmers — and make sure livestock have enough water
Farmers are being warned to stay out of the mid day sun, watch out for their animals and ensure they conserve water as the dry spell continues. Irish Water has issued a warning today calling for water conservation on farms by checking pipes, fixing dripping taps and hoses and harvesting…
No end in sight to this week’s heatwave
Met Éireann says there’s no end in sight to the heatwave. A yellow high temperature warning is in place nationwide, with temperatures expected to remain in the twenties until at least next weekend. Today it’s expected to hit 27 degrees, with hazy sunshine across the country. Met Eireann Forecaster Pat…
Killery mountain farmers still waiting confirmation on payment
Farmers on Killery mountain on the Sligo Leitrim border are still waiting for confirmation on if they will be paid. The department has withheld payments for a number of farmers whose land was burnt in the hot weather last summer. The department claims the land was burnt illegally. Farmers say…
Upto 6,000 farmers still waiting on final GLAS payments for 2017
Upto 6,000 farmers on the GLAS commonage payments are still waiting to be paid their final 15% from 2017. Their are currently around 9,000 commange farmers in GLAS on upwards of 4,000 commonages, however, upto 6,000 farmers are still waiting for their final payments of last year. The IFA Hill…