Healy-Rae calls on dairy farmers to focus on work-life balance

Farm safety minister was speaking after study among Irish farmers showed 24% reported burnout and 50% experienced sleep issues

At the farmer burnout research launch at a Teagasc dairy open day in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork, are Dr John McNamara, health and safety specialist Teagasc; farm safety minister Michael Healy-Rae; Dr Siobhán O'Connor, DCU; and Dr Stan Lalor, director of knowledge transfer Teagasc. Picture: O'Gorman Photography

Farm safety minister Michael Healy-Rae, has called on dairy farmers to reflect on their work-life balance.

The minister made his call at the Teagasc Moorepark dairy open day, where he was presented with findings of a recent Dublin City University and Teagasc study among Irish farmers that showed 24% reporting burnout and 50% reporting sleep issues.