Elliott challenges DAERA on safety for older farmers


FERMANAGH’S elder farmers are getting a raw deal when it comes to funding for safety. Tom Elliott, who is the MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone claimed that farmers in the county and the rest of the North who are over 40 are being looked over for grants to improve working conditions compared to those […]


Complacency warning after near-tragic slurry accident


FERMANAGH farmers have been urged to think of safety above all else while working following a near tragedy in the Roslea area in which a farmer in his 70s had to be rescued. Two cows died in the incident, that kicked off around lunchtime on Thursday. The farmer had been mixing slurry in a shed […]