Northern Ireland is lagging behind the rest of the UK when it comes to fighting the green battle. "The Green Barometer", a newly published survey of public opinion, has discovered that while most p...
New research has suggested that millions of UK workers are likely to be suffering from depression and panic attacks because they are becoming stressed by their jobs. The latest 24-7 survey (a resea...
The responsibility of contractors to protect people not in their employment from risks to their health and safety has been highlighted by a serious prosecution brought by the He...
Geoffrey Podger, chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that the industry should prepare for bad news in next year's health and safety statistic...
A ban on smoking in enclosed public places has begun across Wales. Pubs, restaurants, offices and public transport are all covered by the ban, which came into force on 2 April 2007. Those found smo...
Three painters at a Belfast shipyard had a narrow escape this month, after they were almost hit by a falling crane. The giant 300 ft high Sampson crane, which can lift up to 800 tonnes, appeared to...
A father of six who was killed in a massive hydrogen blast at a water treatment plant in Londonderry was essentially working on top of a bomb, the inquest into his death has heard this month. The w...
An illegal gas bottling facility could have wreaked havoc on the small village of Cullaville, the Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force and Security Minister Paul Goggins has said. During a visit...
A coroner sitting at an inquest in Enniskillen, has made an appeal to farmers to make sure their machinery is kept up to date, and that they contain all the necessary protective devices. The appeal...
With a matter of days to go until the Northern Ireland workplace goes smokefree, Belfast City Council is in the process of visiting every single business to help final preparations. The council has...
The Government has this month announced the much anticipated Climate Change Bill, which aims to cut the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by the year 2050. The draft legislation will go to publi...
Fly-tipping is taking place on a "massive scale" across the UK, the Countryside Alliance has warned. Some 2.5 million cases of illegal dumping were recorded between April 2005 and 2006, with 1,249,...
The UK is among 11 European countries criticised this month by major electronics manufacturers and green activists alike, for the way in which Directive 2002...
The Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affair's (DEFRA) long-awaited new waste strategy for England is now expected to be published in May. Speaking at a Chartere...
Who would have thought a black, three inch device could create so much satisfaction! But the e-cube could save more more greenhouse gas emissions than taxes on gas guzzling cars, low energy lightbu...
