All Ireland Safety Quiz Finals 2015

All Ireland Safety Quiz Finals 2015

Success for Tipperary and Antrim teams at the 42nd All Ireland Safety Quiz Final

At the All Ireland Safety Quiz Finals held in Belfast on Saturday, 18 April 2015, Bord na Móna Littleton and Phoenix Energy Services, Antrim, were the overall winners in the Previous Entrants and Novices Categories respectively.

The All Ireland Occupational Safety Quiz Finals are run jointly by the National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) and the Northern Ireland Safety Group (NISG). A total of 16 teams competed from all parts of the island of Ireland.

There was a great turnout at the event, held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Belfast, with 180 guests attending the prize giving dinner that evening.

Bord na Móna Littleton topped the Previous Entrants category for the second year in a row with an impressive score of 106 points. Close behind with 105 points each in the final round were SSE Great Island Power Station and Abbot Diagnostic Division, Sligo. Wexford team SSE Great Island Power Station beat Abbott Diagnostic Division, Sligo in the tie break, and the teams finished in second and third places respectively. The other six teams in the category performed very strongly throughout.

The results in the Novices category finals were very close with Northern Ireland team Phoenix Energy Services beating Cork-based BioMarin by one point, finishing on 83 points and 82 points respectively. Abbott Diagnostic Division, Sligo overtook close competitors Abbott Cootehill in the final round to finish in third place. The other three teams in this category performed strongly also.

Previous Entrants Category Winners

1st Place: Bord na Móna Littleton (representing the Mid West Region*)

2nd Place: SSE Great Island Power Station (representing the South East Region*)

3rd Place: Abbott Diagnostic Division, Sligo (representing the North West Region*)

Novice Category Winners

1st Place: Phoenix Energy Services (representing Northern Ireland*)

2nd Place: BioMarin International Ltd. (representing the South Region*)

3rd Place: Abbott Diagnostic Division, Sligo (representing the North West Region*)

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