Chemical company apologises for false critical incident alarm, leaving Dublin residents in fear
Local residents call for better communication after anxious night with concerns over potential toxin release
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File to be sent to DPP in case of crushed council waste-management worker
Man died by ‘catastrophic’ crush injuries in late 2024 at the council’s Bow Lane depot
‘No safety barrier’: Sligo binman died after fall from defective lorry, court hears
Inquest jury finds death was due to severe brain injury following workplace accident
Visibility ‘very poor’ when man crushed to death at Dublin quarry, inquest hears
Jury returns verdict of death due to an industrial accident after ‘exemplary employee’ Christopher Miley killed
‘Sixty-three people went to work last year and didn’t come back’: Lives lost in the workplace remembered
Annual Workers’ Memorial Day event highlights need for concrete action from employers, the Government and the European Union to prioritise workplace safety
Primary Health Properties’ Irish portfolio on track to top €450m amid expansion
United Kingdom real estate investment trust entered the Irish market 10 years ago
Concrete products firm fined €80,000 after man died in workplace incident
Donatas Jokubauskas became caught in conveyor belt system, court hears
Asbestos found in children’s educational science kit distributed to schools
My Living World, Worm World Kit recalled after laboratory testing detected a naturally occurring type of the material
Workplace fatalities rise dramatically, driven by deaths in agriculture
Increase comes despite campaigns by Health and Safety Authority as well as farm organisations
Two further hospitals deemed non-compliant with public pay rules
Hospitals ‘obliged’ to implement Government-sanctioned salaries, says HSE spokesman
Elderly patient died in ambulance engulfed by fire in seconds, inquest told
Paramedic says flames spouting from oxygen cylinder seemed ‘as if they were coming from a flamethrower’
Investigation begins following ‘fatal incident’ at Irish Glass Bottle construction site
Incident took place at site where vacant industrial land is being developed into new homes and offices
Man (50) dies after wall collapses on him near Bandon, Cork
The Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the incident
Man who died at Tayto plant was a married father-of-two from Co Meath
Michael Herron was employee of an independent potato supplier to the large Tayto plant
Employee dies following incident at Tayto plant in Co Meath
Company says it is working with the authorities as they investigate incident at Ashbourne facility
Fisherman’s body recovered off Donegal coast
Man aged in his 40s died after falling overboard from fishing vessel off northwest coast
Dublin builders to face trial over 2019 scaffolding fall death
William O’Dwyer and Dwyer Nolan Developments summonsed over charges related to fatal injuries suffered by Karl McKeon
‘Silence’ and ‘evasion’ as family seek answers over father’s death in ambulance fire
Christopher Byrne (79) died after an ambulance in which he was a patient burst into flames
Key component in more than 100,000 heating systems recalled in Ireland over electrocution fears
Home and business owners warned not to touch electrical connections on affected Tucson brand circulating pumps
File on Creeslough explosion submitted to DPP
Move comes just before third anniversary of the tragedy which occurred in the Donegal village
Man (40s) dies after incident involving dumper truck in Co Cork
Cyclist (27) killed in separate collision on Thursday
Man dies in Co Offaly collision involving crane
Another driver has been hospitalised with injuries not thought to be life-threatening
Greater uptake of quad-bike training could minimise farm deaths, says safety authority
Ten of farm deaths involved quad bikes over the last decade
Nine-year-old boy named locally after dying in Co Donegal machinery incident
The child was involved in an incident near Dungloe on Friday night
Man (68) dies in workplace accident in Cork
Incident occurred yesterday afternoon at a family-owned packaging company
Staff at special care centres miss thousands of days due to violence and sickness
Number of employees leaving ‘last-resort’ service for at-risk children was greater than those joining at one point last year
No evidence salad products recall linked to ‘extensive’ listeriosis outbreak, says food safety watchdog
Safety authority recalls six products due to detection of bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
Kildare building site closed by court order to ‘reduce risk of injury, or worse’
Inspections of development in Kilcock found ‘severe deterioration’ in safety situation over multiple visits
‘Increased vigilance’ needed from Hiqa’s regulatory approach to nursing homes, Taoiseach says
Michéal Martin describes content of RTÉ investigative programme as ‘absolutely unacceptable’
State agencies including Enterprise Ireland and IDA summoned to talks with Minister for Enterprise
Some 19 agencies operating under the Department of Enterprise will attend meeting with Peter Burke
‘No one should have to risk their life to earn a living’: Remembering those killed or injured at work
Minister joins union and industry representatives at ceremony in Dublin to mark Workers’ Memorial Day
Man who did not report work fall or seek medical help died months later, coroner’s court hears
Dublin District Coroner’s Court hears inquiry could not link Stewart Dowling’s death to workplace
Fisherman’s death leads to call for new safety guidelines
Des Hurley (29) died in fall on board fishing vessel in December 2023
‘We never got to say goodbye to him’: family seek answers years after Naas hospital ambulance fire
Christy Byrne died in 2016 when an oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames – now his family want to know why a prosecution case against the HSE was dropped
Contractor (66) died from severe head injuries after fall from makeshift platform, inquest hears
John Flood was repairing roof gutters before he fell about four metres
Number of workplace fatalities falls by a quarter in 2024
Incidents involving vehicles still the most likely cause of death, while six people who died were struck by a heavy or falling object, five died after falling themselves, and five were crushed
Tributes paid to man killed in Kilkenny workplace incident
Investigations by HSA and gardaí into fatal incident at construction site on Thursday
Health and safety watchdog investigating death of cyclist in Dublin collision with truck
Student Greta Price-Martin sustained catastrophic injuries in incident in April 2024
‘I tried to grab him’: Inquest told of last moments before man fell off ship at Dublin Port
Oleksandr Kondrashyn fell from the Elbtrader after socialising with its captain
Man (19) dies in road traffic accident involving tractor in Co Galway
Male passenger was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon near Oranmore
Boy (10) who died in quad bike crash lived a life ‘filled with fun and adventure’, funeral hears
Finn McGrath, who was airlifted to Temple Street Children’s Hospital after the incident, described as a ‘lovely little fellah’
Man (50s) dies in workplace incident in Co Roscommon
Pat McCrann died at premises in Frenchpark on Thursday evening
Waterways Ireland and employee face criminal case after man paralysed when tent cleared from Grand Canal
All-island organisation accused of failing to ensure people not exposed to risks and over injuries sustained by Elias Adane in January 2020
Teenager dies in workplace incident in Co Kilkenny
Incident occurred on Thursday in village of Freshford in north of county
Fines for workplace health and safety breaches totalled €1.3m in 2023
Several prosecutions concerned serious injury or death, authority’s report shows
Investigation following death of man (40s) in workplace incident in Co Cavan
Second work-related fatality in county in less than a week
Reece Donohoe (17) who died in workplace accident remembered for ‘glint in his eye’ at funeral
Investigation underway into circumstances surrounding death at Wilton Waste plant in Co Cavan
Teenager (17) killed in workplace accident at recycling plant in Co Cavan
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the fatal accident
Workplace fatalities: ‘It’s shocking that he lost his life while just trying to do his job’
Five years after he died in a workplace accident, John McCann’s family are still waiting for answers
Death of Shay Lynch (7) after swimming pool incident at Clare hotel ‘heartbreaking’, says Taoiseach
Child was taken from Lakeside Hotel and Leisure Centre in Killaloe to University Hospital Limerick but was later pronounced dead
Widow sues local authority over alleged personal injuries arising from husband’s death at work
Vincent O’Brien died on December 31st 2019 while conducting maintenance work at a water treatment facility
Rathgar fire: Garage employee injured in blaze was attended to by trainee nurse working in nearby pharmacy
Blaze at Moto Pitstop on Orwell Road began just after 10am
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