Two farm workers drowned in pig muck after entering a slurry tank to remove a blockage, an inquest has found. Alexander Forman, 32, and Richard Pooley, 36, collapsed and fell into the liquid after ...

Farmers have again been warned of the dangers of slurry tanks in the wake of an accident that claimed the lives of a young rugby star, his brother and their father. Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence, ...

Francis Bligh and Tom Fallon from Teagasc have some advice on staying safe around slurry Over the next few weeks, many farmers and contractors will be busy emptying slurry before the October 15 ...

A coroner delivered a stark warning of the dangers of mixing slurry after he presided over the inquest for an eight-year-old schoolboy who died from inhaling toxic fumes. Robert Christie, from Dunloy ...

A TYRONE farmer in his 50s has died following a slurry-related accident. It is believed Alastair Sloss fell into a slurry tank at his farm near Coagh, sometime between 5pm and 6pm on Friday. It ...

A lethal cocktail of odourless gas has prompted reminders for farmers to take extra care when mixing slurry this autumn. Slurry gas includes extremely poisonous hydrogen sulphide. At low ...

Huge reductions in emissions can be achieved by fitting impermeable covers over slurry storage – as much as 80% on an above-ground tank and 50-60% by permeable floating materials, according to ...