Family warning: ‘Farms are not playgrounds’
James Higgins died on January 19, 2008, when he fell into a soak pit on the family farm near Shannonbridge in Offaly. Now his father Padraig has urged fellow farmers to learn from his family’s tragic story with the simple message — “a farmyard is not a playground”.
The part-time farmer and Bord na Mona employee, his wife and James’ brothers, Colm, Anthony and Darrell, have spoken about their loss on video to raise awareness about safety risks on farms.
