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A FARMING SUPPORT group has issued its sympathies to the families of the young children who died in separate farm accidents recently, and says the pressures of low income are seeing more farmers being given the added responsibility for childcare.
A five-year-old boy was killed in an accident on a farm in Co Offaly last week, and a three-year-old boy was fatally injured in an accident in Cork. The HSA is investigating both incidents.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) says that farmers are increasingly taking on the responsibility of looking after their children during the busy summer months of farming as well as running their farms because low income is pushing their spouses into off-farm employment.
“Statistics show that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in terms of accidents and fatalities,” said the ICSA’s John Flynn.
“Young children particularly should be kept away from dangers like machinery and livestock. However, we can’t lose sight of the fact that the farm is a home as well as a workplace.”
Macra na Feirme National President, Kieran O’Dowd, said that farms are particularly busy places at this time of year, making it “essential that everyone on the farm are aware of the dangers and take precautions.”
“Macra aims to instill a respect for farm safety right from the start of a young farmers career through initiatives and competitions which provide a practical insight,” he added.
The agri sector records the highest number of workplace fatalities in Ireland. To date this year, 17 people have died in farm accidents – up from 16 across the whole of 2013. Last year, four children were killed in farm-related accidents.
The HSA’s ‘Code of practice on preventing accidents to children and young persons in agriculture’ issues recommendations for improving farm safety, including guidelines on safe areas for play, safe supervision and training, and the operation of farm machinery.
IFA President Eddie Downey said that while farming is a high-risk occupation, accidents can be reduced by taking extra time and care over farm tasks:
Being tired, distracted and stressed is often a reality on busy farms and every effort must be made to avoid shortcuts. At the peak of this busy summer season on farms, safety must come first.
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Don’t expect Enda Kenny to do anything about inequality. He’s one of the most highly paid politicians in the world. He doesn’t know the meaning of inequality. Nor does he give a s**t.
Absolutely peter. Trickle down economics was always FG’s policy.
The top 1% already own more than half. This fact has been established long ago.
This is the top of the pyramid.
These are the ones that are paying all the shills.
Yes Glen…nothing new there, it’s a mathematical principle called Pareto’s law.
Yes ! but are they happy ? Ha
Good question
Are inbreed psychopaths capable of happiness.
Are you, Glen? ;-)
I’m always happy Alan
I avoid people who drain me of happiness.
It’s the one principle that applies to everything
There is a very compelling book on the subject of inequality. The Spirit Level
by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett . It is backed up with data and makes a case for why inequality is so disastrous for society. Well worth a read.
It would be great if Obama’s tax reforms introducing a higher tax for the rich are allowed through congress by the Republicans.
Outside of that, a living wage is a must, but can’t be expected to just feed back into a system where things like childcare, rent and mortgages are just too high.
These are the ones that are paying Obama to fight his wars so that they can get even more wealthier.
Frank in sensible statement shocker!
Credit where credit is due though.
Do yis not know if we tax the wealthy then they won’t be able to create jobs. At least that’s the excuse they have been using since the 80′s to escape regulation. Any laws and regulations have been relaxed since then in order for the rich to keep getting richer and the gap keeps on widening.
This is the mantra of the profit before people FG/LAB junta
“Inequality for all” – a very interesting film to watch which puts an end to the “but these are job creators” point of view.
The other 99% is taxed to death. I wish Enda would show some leadership and live on the ” minimum wage of €35,000″ for a few years!
If only the minimum wage was €35k, more like just under €18k before tax.
Mike: He is referring to the infamous gaff last year where FG confused average with minimum
the Rotweillers of the 1% on here trying to defend them
Revolution and mass protests
Hehe revolution? ? I’m waiting.
In other words revolution sought by .5% of the population. That .5% are very vocal on here and indymedia.
No right minded person wants that. We want accountability. We want banks to pay back the money we put in which they are on course to do. Some anyway.we want to move forward as a highly competitive business model. We want to export. We want to be a Germany not a venezuela or Cuba.
Funny I’ve been to both plus ex soviet states. The armchair idiots should be made live in clare day land (countries listed) and see how found they are.
Half? Thought they already owned 90% of it
Cracking documentary on the BBC last week…The Super-Rich and us, explains a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xa8b9bm45M
Typical Irish begrudgers…
The top 1% of Irish earners pay 34% of the overall tax take in this country (http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2014/09/debunking-irish-income-tax-myths.pdf)
It is a myth that wealthy people or high earners don’t pay tax. What also seems to get missed in discussions like this, is that the pool of wealth isn’t a fixed size. Whilst they may hold 50%, people in general are also wealthier now than a generation ago – no matter how much we want to moan about how hard things are.
You’re either missing the key point, or you’re deliberately ignoring it.
If the richest earned less and the poorest earned proportionately more, a nation’s overall tax take would not necessarily change at all. So the idea that super rich people are important and should be valued for their tax contribution is totally nonsensical.
Why are you going on about Davos, billionaires, bondholders etc?
To be in the top 1% globally you need to earn $34k
To be in the top tenth of percent (0.1%) you need to earn $70k
http://news.yahoo.com/attention-protestors-youre-probably-part-1-153806044.html
Not that’s interesting drew. Never thought of it that way. Always thought the bar was higher.
In euro conversation I am the 1% in that case.
Cool beans except the usc takes alot
That’s endas perception of the minimum wage! Not mine.
Wealth Inequality in America: http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM
1% of America is in Prison FFS
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/one-per-cent-of-americans-now-in-jail-790007.html
So we can all see who profited from the crash if doesn’t show it was set up I dunno what will working class gets shafted the rich get richer!
You only had to read the headline to know that the comments section would be full of Hibernocentric pity-partying.
If you’re on a median income in Ireland, then you’re well into the world’s top 10% – $34,000 will get you there. If you’re going to bang on about equality, then why not start with yourself? The global median income is $1,225. Why not try living on twice that for a while?
What have you done to become wealthier in the last year? Most people don’t want to know as they rush to the pub on a Friday and a club thereafter or Grafton street for more spending on Saturday. Drop a big lump of their income. Neither did they spend a couple of evenings doing a course or try do some extra part time work. 9-5. That’s as far as they want to commit and then get the union to argue for higher wages rather than pursue a higher income themselves. That’s the reality.
Study successful people and act otherwise keep quiet!
As long as the top 1% don’t eat half the worlds food or consume half the worlds resources then it’s not a problem.
Money is just a concept.
They will elite will corrupt the worlds food resources if they had a chance. Monsanto is itching to get into Ukraine which will no doubt turn it from Europe’s bread basket to Europes breadbasket case. This is one of the reasons why the Uncle Sam needs to keep his nose out of Europe.
http://naturalsociety.com/theyre-not-telling-monsantos-role-ukraine/
I wonder how much food the top 1% produce and how much they consume.
All these rich farmers in the USA with thousands of acres growing crops on a vast scale. I don’t think oxfam wants them to all subdivide their land into small little land holdings where the poorest in the world can grow a few vegetables to feed their own families. They’d be widespread famine.
Capitalism has done a lot for this world. There are now over 7,000,000,000 people living here and almost all of us aren’t going hungry. Don’t try to take people’s land and assets off them it will end in disaster.
The banks in my opinion are the top 1%. Be beat them by printing our own money debt free stop borrowing money from private banks.that’s right folks interest free money.
If you don’t like this, how about stop giving them your money? Give it to me instead ;^)
the majority of Irish are for financial equality in society but still against increasing cooperation tax to 12% for all companies in Ireland???
corporation tax, god i need coffee!!
No inequality I think that was tried before oh yea called communism that worked well
Any person with wealth over €10Million should have tax on the surplus to restore the balance !
They will own more when TTIP and TPP comes in, as they will cause the poor to get poorer due to trade deficits being the norm then. Debt creates control.
Now, now. Fair’s fair. They worked bloody hard for it, didn’t they?
Agreed. If your company director you or successful investor you did not get there by moaning
But recessions and crashes always do this and it is always the tax payer who pays out?
If there is no growth or money in a recession then how do these people become so wealthy because crisis and debts are used to milk people. That is why burning the bondholders is always a good idea instead of listening to governments like ours when they excuse property and water charges. The financial system works by promising greed to many like fattening pigs, the pigs keep eating and getting fat the the top 1% who turn out not to be pigs but farmers slaughter them and we are then given the bill for the upkeep and feed of these pigs. While the farmer gets their bills paid by us as well as us buying the bacon.
The markets do well and the pigs gett fatter and when the markets do bad then the pigs are slaughtered… And no one see this because the greed from short term gains blinds them all, greed oils these works.
Governments just go after the tax payer when ever these pigs / gamblers loose their money, how can that be know in any form of sanity?
New world order…
No, not new world order but back to industrial revolution type living.
The workers will soon be getting out of bed to go to work,as those returning get in.
Buy only from govt. Owned shops and all the rest of it.
Home ownership insulted, practically working for nothing and no rights. Back to the bad old days and I remember many.
I just wish we all were not having them now and no,prospects of improvement.
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