Workplace safety - Tragedy a sharp lesson for us all

The terrible tragedy near Hillsborough, Co Down, at the weekend confirms what statistics have already shown.

Farms are still the most dangerous working environment in this country.

The death of Noel Spence, 52, and his two sons Nevin, 22, and Graham — aged 30 and married with two children — and slurry gas-induced injuries to their sister Emma is a shocking blow to a family, a community, and an industry already too often blighted by death and life-changing injury.