The Northern Ireland and the Ireland branches of IOSH celebrated their respective 40th and 25th anniversaries  on 26 September 2007.

The celebration was marked with an extremely successful major conference at the Slieve Russell Hotel, County Cavan exploring the past, present and future of OSH. 

If you are ready to start exploring the future of the safety profession you can download two of the papers below.

Competence: Redefining the Matrix of Authority
Ciaran and Philip McAleenan

http://www.web-safety.com/download/Competence_Redefining_the_Matrix_of_Authority.pdf

A Paradigm Shift - An Applied Systems Thinking Approach to Health and Safety Management
Rakesh Maharaj

http://www.web-safety.com/download/A_New_Paradigm.pdf

The authors would welcome your comments as clearly there is a great deal for the OSH professionals still to discuss.