National Research

This page contains information on institutions concerned with occupational health and safety research, completed research and ongoing research in Ireland.

Research Institutions

Dublin Institute of Technology
Food Science & Environmental Health
Cathal Brugha Street
Dublin 1
Tel: +353 14 402 4490
Fax: +353 1 402 4499

The Anti-Bullying Centre
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 608 2573
E-mail: Murray Smith or Leanne Maguire

Centre for Safety & Health at Work
University College Dublin
Roebuck
Belfield
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8700
Fax: +353 1 283 0669
E-Mail: anne.drummond@ucd.ie

Work Research Centre Ltd.
Research/Consultancy
22 Northumberland Road
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 668 3988
Fax: +353 1 668 3142
Website: www.wrc-research.ie
E-mail: wrc@wrc-research.ie

Completed Research

• Safety Behaviour in the Construction Sector [pdf document]
  Produced by OSHII for Health and Safety Authority and Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland.

• Accident Frequency and Costs within an Irish Retail Food Organisation.
  Sara Boyd B.Sc., Dublin Institute of Technology.
  Publication: Accident frequency & costs in the retail food sector in Ireland.
  Sara Boyd B.Sc.; Victor Hrymak B.Sc. M.Sc., Health and Safety Review, Vol. 4 No. 7, Sept. '99.
  Reviewed by Joe Armstrong in the Irish Times, September 17th 1999, Study looks closely at accident costs.

• Integrated Risk Management in the Health Care Sector in Ireland
  Laura Breen B.Sc., MIOSH, Dublin Institute of Technology.

• The State of Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union. Irish National Report. February 1999.
  Compiled by the Irish Focal Point for the European Agency for Safety and Health in the Workplace.
  Contact Pat O'Halloran for further details or go the Statistics part of this site to get the report in pdf format.

• How employers can face up to and enforce high standards of health and safety.
  Mr. Ray Byrne. DCUBS Research Paper No. 25. 1996 - 97.

• The cost of poor safety in the workplace.
  Dr. David Jacobson; Ms, Zeine Mottiar. DCUBS Research Papers No. 21, 1996 - 97.

Ongoing Research

• A study of organisational commitment to safety training and it's effect on safety performance.
  Contact Sara Boyd, Dublin Institute of Technology, for further information.