06 March 2024 Navigating the Terrain Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, stresses the importance of understanding quad bike safety Continue reading
13 February 2024 Navigating the Challenges of Calving Time Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, offers a guide to farmers to ensure safety on the farm during cal... Continue reading
04 January 2024 Make Safety your New Year’s Resolution Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, encourages farmers to review their safety measures on the farm for... Continue reading
05 December 2023 Recognising the Challenges Faced by Older Farmers Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, discusses the challenge of navigating safety in agriculture in later... Continue reading
08 November 2023 Agri Aware SOWING the seeds of farm safety among children Growing THE awareness of farm safety among children has long been a remit of Agri Aware. Micheal Geary,... Continue reading
08 November 2023 Be ready to weather the storm Preparation is key to minimising disruption to farming activities during severe weather events. John... Continue reading
08 November 2023 Chainsaw safety video launched Up to 4 per cent of farm workplace deaths and an estimated 6.5 per cent of injuries are associated... Continue reading
08 November 2023 New quad-bike laws Pat Griffin, senior inspector at the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) talks to Irish Farmers Monthly... Continue reading
08 November 2023 Op-ed: Minister Martin Heydon Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in Ireland, but it is also one of the most dangerous.... Continue reading
06 November 2023 Get winter ready With the weather changing and the number of daylight hours getting shorter, now is the time to ensure... Continue reading
11 September 2023 Safety first: Farm building and maintenance work Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, offers some advice of safety measures when it comes to farm building... Continue reading
01 August 2023 Farm Safety Live Ciaran Roche, Risk Manager at FBD, highlights the return of the ‘Farm Safety Live’ demonstration arena... Continue reading
07 July 2023 Learning from past mistakes Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, offers a personal account of how he learned to change behaviour on... Continue reading
10 May 2023 Take farm safety action now to prevent an unthinkable accident. Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager urges all farmers to heed the below advice to help prevent the unt... Continue reading
10 May 2023 Managing Safety at Silage Time Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, offers some tips for safer measures during silage season Continue reading
04 April 2023 New quad bike regulations Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, highlights the new quad bike regulations coming into effect in November... Continue reading
22 March 2023 Cows at Calving Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, discusses the safety risks when managing cows at calving time as they... Continue reading
21 March 2023 The Dangers of Hydrogen Sulphide Ciaran Roche, FBD Risk Manager, stresses the dangers of Hydrogen Sulphide on the farm, noting that... Continue reading