Farm Safety report to be published today
It's to be published by the Seanad.
The Seanad's to publish a new report on Farm Safety today.
It follows the fatalities of 30 people in farm accidents across Ireland in 2014 - the highest number since 1991.
Three children were killed on Cork farms last year and most recently a two-year-old boy lost his life on a farm in the Mizen Peninsula in West Cork over the weekend.
The document contains a number of recommendations and includes proposals for special days in schools to educate children about the dangers farms pose to them.
Senator Denis O'Donovan says they felt compelled to take action following the rise in fatalities.
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