Crush injuries and traumatic amputations kill and maim in minutes. Here is what first responders actually need to do when someone is trapped under machinery or a vehicle.
A severe bleed can kill in three to five minutes. The ambulance takes longer than that.
Distracted driving kills more people on Irish roads than speed alone, and the same split-second inattention that causes machinery entrapments on site is what causes motorists to miss a junction at 100km/h. Here is what the research says actually works, and what you can do about it today.
Construction falls kill more workers in Ireland than any other single cause, and "falls are preventable" hasn't stopped a single one. Here's what actually works.
Meade Potato Company paid €150,000 in fines after a worker lost fingers to an unguarded machine. The guard would have cost a fraction of that, and it was already sitting in the building.
A few drinks never hurt anyone. Until they hurt everyone around you.
The signs are usually quieter than you'd expect. That's what makes them dangerous.
We drink more than we think, less often than Portugal, and it's costing us more than a hangover.
Ireland's drinking laws are more relaxed than you think. Until they're not.
Twenty-four percent of Year 6 pupils binge drink weekly. The 'sure it's harmless' era needs to end.
