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BY RICHARD HALLERON

Grants needed for safety equipment

Farmers seek support to stay safe with

Maya Williamson, Rhianna Hartin and Lola Williamson with sheepdog Bushmills last Saturday. Molly at the Belted Galloway open PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/KEVIN day at Richard Creiths farm in MCAULEY PHOTOGRAPHY MULTIMEDIA

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and slurry gases, in the wake of the recent farm deaths. One Co Armagh farmer,

These queries reflect the heightened awareness of the dangers associated with slurry

A NUMBER of farmers have contacted Farming Life over recent days, querying why equipment such as hydrogen sulphide monitors and breathing apparatus have not been made eligible for grant aid under Tranche 3 of the Farm Modernisation Programme.

who did not wish to be named, is just as sinister and told Farming Life that Tranche 3. However, if the DARD the toxic gases given deadly as Farm should do everything possible off during a Minister gives the green light blaze. to facilitate the on-farm a similar scheme at some stagefor use of The farmer in question went in safety equipment, which on the future, then safety equipment, would to point out that the help prevent tragic accidents list of eligible that will reduce the risk products for Tranche 3 extends of while working with slurry. to accidents associated with well over 100 items with slurry He said: Farmers are gases, should be now D listings catalogued Category fully aware of just how dangerous under the DARD and the included. In fact, HSE should take heading: Enhanced Occupational slurry gases can be. On the decision now to introduce that Safety and Business a basis, I think it is imperative Efficiency. specific scheme, which I have scanned covers breathing apparatus shouldthat be repeatedly but can the list this type of equipment. available on farms, for use find no He concluded: I have when reference to the type of four slurry is being mixed. safety young children, who would be equipment that would genuinely Put it this way. A fireman at the farm quite a bit. help farmers when it comes would not enter a blazing to a no-go area for them, Its now house mixing slurry as I am and emptying having without having all the relevant nightmares just thinking tanks, he further explained safety equipment with him. about how quickly an accident, And, It may be too late to as we all know, hydrogen sulphide have particularly round the items of this nature included slatted for sheds, can happen.

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UUP leader Mike Nesbitt

PICTURE: Mark Marlow/ Pacemaker

Nesbitt stands firm

BY SAM McBRIDE Political Correspondent
sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk

Man arrested over April abduction

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John McCallister

ULSTER Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt last night vigorously defended his decision to sack John McCallister amid some disquiet within the party over the move. Mr Nesbitt attempted to allay the

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concerns of those UUP members who fear that the party is heading for closer links with the DUP but , did not rule out a unionist unity candidate in the upcoming Mid Ulster by-election. Yesterday morning UUP MLA Basil McCrea said that it had been a fairly brutal move by Mr Nesbitt against someone who he said had been loyal to the party.

Terry Wright, the partys former vice-chairman and the chairman of its Foyle Constituency Association who had described Mr McCallisters sacking as seeming like a purge said yesterday that he would be leaving that post, partly because of the partys failure to oppose the Stormont Executive. Turn to page 8

Trash-to-electric plant is rejected

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