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Guest accommodation has everything legionella needs: a shower in every room, stored hot water, and rooms that sit empty between bookings. In Galway, where many properties are busy in summer…

Food and drink processing sites use water in ways that create spray: wash-down hoses, cooling plant, conveyor sprays and vehicle washes. Spray is how legionella reaches people. A legionella risk…

Offices used to be low risk for legionella because the water was used all day, every day. Hybrid working has changed that. Floors sit half empty, showers go unused for…

The same fire safety law applies in every Irish city, but the buildings differ. This guide sets out who needs a fire risk assessment, what it covers, and where to…

In a business park or shared building, fire safety depends on several parties each doing their part: the landlord, the managing agent and every tenant. A fire risk assessment shows…

In a school or crèche, most of the people in the building cannot be expected to evacuate themselves. A fire risk assessment for an education or childcare setting focuses on…

Food processing and manufacturing plants carry fire risks that offices and shops do not: heat processes, combustible dust, refrigeration plant and insulated wall panels that can spread a fire out…

A shop is full of people who have never seen the back of the building and do not know where the second exit is. A fire risk assessment for a…

Irish law does not set a fixed interval for reviewing a fire risk assessment. It must be reviewed when something significant changes, or when there is reason to believe it…

A warehouse fire spreads fast. Large open spaces, high racking and tonnes of packaging give it everything it needs. A fire risk assessment for a warehouse or industrial unit focuses…