Farm accident inspires teens’ bid to save lives

A teenager whose father was paralysed in a farm accident hopes her youth club’s award-winning farm safety project will help save lives.

Amy Slevin, 16, is a member of the Rosemount Foróige Club in Co Westmeath, whose members were last night crowned Ireland’s Top Teens after winning the Permanent TSB Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards 2012.

Inspired by first-hand experience of the dangers of living on a farm, Amy and her friends developed a hard-hitting farm safety project, aimed primarily at children.