IOSH Ireland Branch Conference and AGM: Best practice and emerging issues

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

The IOSH Ireland Branch held its Annual Conference at the Killashee House Hotel in Naas, County Kildare on the 18 June 2008.

The successful conference addressed topics of particular interest to safety professionals in Ireland, including Managing safety at sporting events, systems for working on roads, the globally harmonised systems for classification and labelling, manual handling training standards, a European OSH Management Standard and safety and health gaps in the third level education sector.

The Conference was preceded by a pre-conference dinner attended by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) Chief Executive, Martin O'Halloran. IOSH President, Ray Hurst the Ireland Branch Committee, speakers and guests.