HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES STAFF UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE
A major new study on Ireland’s health and social care services has revealed a growing staff retention crisis, resulting in systemic understaffing, poor communications and low staff morale, with three-quarters of workers regularly...
HSENI CAMPAIGNS TO REDUCE NI’S 300 ANNUAL WORK-RELATED DEATHS
A new TV and multimedia advertising initiative in Northern Ireland, promoting the need for awareness of how the health of employees could be damaged in the workplace, is a key part of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI)’s Workplace Health...
SIPTU’S ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR SURVEY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
An online public survey concerning bus, train and tram users’ experiences of anti-social behaviour on the public transport network was launched on May Day as the next stage of SIPTU’s ‘Respect Transport Workers’ campaign. SIPTU Transport Sector Organiser, John Murphy,...
ALL-IRELAND SAFETY QUIZ FINAL GLORY FOR CAVAN AND OFFALY
This year's All-Ireland Safety Quiz Finals, held in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath on 17 May, saw Abbott Nutrition Cootehill, Co. Cavan, and Bord na Móna, Co. Offaly, crowned overall winners in the 'Previous Entrants' and 'Novice' categories respectively. A total of 14...
‘DON’T LET FARMING TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY’ CAMPAIGN
Northern Ireland’s Agri-Rural Health Forum and Farm Safety Partnership are urging farmers not to ignore even the slightest symptoms of lung disease as part of a new joint campaign – ‘Don’t Let Farming Take Your Breath Away’ – to promote lung health. One in five people...
IRELAND ONE OF FIVE EU COUNTRIES PAYING HIGH PRICE FOR DEPRESSION
Ireland ranks alongside France, Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands as the five EU countries most affected by depression due to psychosocial factors such as job strain, long working hours, job insecurity and workplace bullying,...
