The CCPC said tradespeople are “perhaps the most vulnerable to the serious risk of electrocution”. Photograph: iStock

A key component of heating systems in more than 100,000 homes and businesses across Ireland is being urgently recalled after it emerged it poses a serious risk of lethal electrocution.

The urgent safety recall of about 114,000 Tucson circulating pumps has been issued by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and a major replacement programme is under way.

People who have the pumps in their homes and businesses and tradespeople who may be working on such devices have been warned not to touch the electr

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