There was a significant decrease in work-related deaths on Irish farms last year with 11 deaths recorded, down more than 50 per cent on the 2008 total of 21.
The agriculture sector was again the most dangerous workplace in the economy despite the overall drop in workplace deaths to 43 in 2009 compared with 57 the previous year.
Health and Safety Authority (HSA) statistics gave a county breakdown of farm deaths that which showed Louth had three deaths and Monaghan had two.
There was one fatality in each of counties Clare, Cork, Longford, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow.
The HSA welcomed the decrease but cautioned that similar reductions have occurred previously only to be followed by a reversal the following year.
