Wicklow lifeboat station has a 42ft Watson class lifeboat and has launched on service eight times in 1986. The honorary secretary, Michael Jones (far r), a local chartered accountant and experienced yachtsman, will often receive calls for the lifeboat direct from the public or police, in the absence of a local coastguard station. Photographed with him are (I to r) Tommy Dover, launcher, Ciaran Doyle, assistant mechanic, James Potts, mechanic, Ruben Dover, coxswain and Dr P. T. Liston, honorary medical adviser..