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The importance of ring buoy inspectors around the country

At our beaches and along our waterways you may be well familiar with the yellow boxes holding lif...

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17.00 9 Mar 2026


The importance of ring buoy inspectors around the country


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17.00 9 Mar 2026


At our beaches and along our waterways you may be well familiar with the yellow boxes holding lifebuoys. What you may not be familiar with is the people across the country who ensure that each and every lifebuoy remains up to standard, and is replaced after any vandalism, which can unfortunately be a regular occurrence…

Fergal Wyckham is a ring buoy inspector with Water Safety Ireland, and joins Shane to explain the work and what they encounter as part of it.


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