A young farmer who was hospitalised after being overcome by fumes from agitated slurry two years ago is urging farmers to be more vigilant. Ella Casey, 18, from Ballymahon, Co Longford, is hoping to ...

Farmers are being reminded of the dangers of poisonous slurry gas, and the importance of following the slurry mixing code, ahead of the closed period starting on 15 October Just one breath of the ...

NEW guidance on mixing slurry has been issued by the Health and Safety Executive following a series of high profile tragedies on farms across the north. With the closed period for spreading slurry ...

The death of an eight-year old boy who became overcome by slurry fumes at a County Antrim farm has once again highlighted how dangerous working on farms can be. Robert Christie had been helping his 52 ...

The coal industry will back a requirement for emergency action plans at slurry impoundments where a break would cause flooding that could kill downstream residents. The decision is a break from the ...