The Health and Safety Authority and the Irish Primary Principals Network have today issued a joint appeal to primary schools to promote a strong farm safety message to children before they break for the summer.

Summer holidays are a high risk time for children before they break for the summer.

Farm accidents have claimed the lives of 23 children in the last decade and account for 11% of all farm fatalities over the period.

The HSA say farms remain the only workplace in Ireland where children still continue to die.