News: 8th all Ireland Final of the Farm Relief Services Memorial Scholarship
This year, the 8th annual all Ireland final of the Farm relief Services Memorial Scholarship took place at the Teagsac Colleges Challenge Day in Clonakilty Agricultural College on Tuesday January 12th. At just twenty three years of age, Charles Cooney, a beef and...FRS on Countrywide RTE Radio 1
Tune in to Countrywide Radio One tomorrow morning (Sat 16) from 8:10 am to get the farmer and farm relief worker perspectives on getting work done on the farm. Plus in studio discussion with Peter Byrne, FRS and Darragh McCullough, RTE Presenter, on sourcing farm...
Significant Decrease in Farming Fatalities for 2015 shows signs of hope for the future
Recent figures from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that fatalities in agriculture were down 40% on 2014. 18 deaths were reported in 2015 in comparison to 30 in 2014. For the sixth year in a row, figures show that agriculture holds the record for the...