Longford County Council Wins Health & Safety Excellence Award - Public Sector at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026

As we revisit the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026, Longford County Council won the Health & Safety Excellence Award in the Public Sector category, recognised for a well-developed safety management system certified to ISO 45001:2018 with clear targets, measurable outcomes, and continuous engagement across a high-risk operating environment. The Council's wide-ranging occupational health and safety initiatives demonstrated the kind of structured, evidence-based approach to workplace safety that sets a benchmark for public sector organisations across Ireland.

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Primark Wins Health & Safety Excellence Award - Retail at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026

Looking back at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026, Primark won the Health & Safety Excellence Award in the Retail category for Operation Christmas Tree, a focused campaign developed to reduce colleague lost time injuries across the ROI market during peak trade. The initiative combined manual handling refreshers, store huddles, and digital engagement to build genuine colleague awareness of incident causes and safe working practices, delivering clearly measurable results across the business.

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Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026 Book of the Night Now Available

The Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026 Book of the Night is now available, offering a definitive commemorative record of the full gala evening held on 30th April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry. From category-by-category winner profiles to highlights from a night that brought together Ireland's most dedicated health and safety professionals, the publication captures the full story of one of the most significant evenings in the Irish health and safety calendar.

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