Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

The Unite general union called for health and safety laws to be strengthened in view of the increased incidence of extreme weather events more generally after a young electrical engineer and Unite member, Matthew Campbell, was killed by a falling tree uprooted by strong winds. He was working in Slieve Gullion Forest Park in Newry during Storm Ali in September 2018.

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