Minister hoping safety buoys website will click with public

MINISTER for State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Michael Finneran yesterday launched a new website www.ringbuoys.ie which will enable members of the public to report damaged, stolen, missing or retrieved ringbuoys anywhere in the country.

The minister commended the Kildare Committee of Irish Water Safety for coming up with the idea.

He said it is a matter of serious concern when a local authority goes to the expense of installing safety buoys along river banks and other locations only for them to be vandalised or stolen.