Over 180 homes across Ireland have been found with high levels of the cancer-causing gas, radon.

A national strategy will be launched today to tackle the 250 new lung cancer cases diagnosed each year which are linked to exposure to radon gas.

Concerns at the health impact of pylons and power lines are to be addressed next week with the release of an EU report on the effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF).

Work on plans for the construction of a national radioactive waste storage facility is to get under way in the new year.

A Kerry home tested for exposure to cancer-causing radon gas found its occupants were receiving the equivalent radiation dose of approximately 18 chest X-rays per day or 6,500 per year.

Dr Edward Horgan says (Letters, Oct 25) that “the Irish Sea is one of the most nuclear-polluted, because of the number of nuclear power stations and facilities on its English, Welsh and Scottish coastlines, and because its partial enclosure leads to a build-up of pollutants.”

The British government’s decision to press ahead with a vigorous expansion of nuclear power is clearly of more than a passing interest on this side of the Irish Sea.

Gardaí are renewing their warning to the public of the 'highly dangerous' radioactive material that was taken in a burglary in Swords over the weekend.

Gardaí are still hunting for radioactive lightning preventers which were stolen in Swords, Co Dublin over the weekend.

Detectives have issued a public health warning after burglars stole highly dangerous radioactive lightning conductors.

Gardaí have issued a warning over 'highly dangerous' radioactive material stolen during a burglary in Swords over the weekend.

The report from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPI) that concluded British plans to build up to eight nuclear power plants pose only a “very low” risk to Ireland is welcome and reassuring.

Ireland has nothing to fear from proposals for eight new nuclear power plants in Britain, this country’s nuclear safety watchdog says.

Residents of a home in Galway are being subjected to radon levels equivalent to receiving 13 chest X-rays every day, according to latest figures.

Gardaí sealed off part of the port in Ringaskiddy and called in the army to defuse a dirty bomb yesterday.

Radon gas continues to be a silent threat in homes with latest figures showing almost 300 households had high rates of the cancer-causing gas.

Radon levels that are 18 times higher than the acceptable rate have been detected at a Galway home, according to the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland.

AN inter-agency group has been set up to develop a national strategy to reduce the number of cases of lung cancer from radon gas.

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) is “hopeful” a way can soon be found to dispose of 2.5 tonnes of uranium stored on campus.

The Environment Minister Phil Hogan has asked the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland to examine the impact of plans for eight new nuclear power plants in Britain.

A KERRY house has recorded some of the highest concentrations of cancer-causing radioactive gas radon ever found in Europe.

A record number of homes from across the country have been identified with high levels of radon gas, according to new figures released today by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII).

Extremely small levels of radiation over Ireland from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant pose no health threat, authorities said.

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) has confirmed that it has detected the presence of trace amounts of radioactivity from the Fukushima accident in Ireland.

OWNERS of a house who didn’t know they were in a radon zone were being exposed to radiation equivalent to having seven chest X-rays every day.

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland has upgraded the severity of the situation at the stricken nuclear plant in Japan.

A LEADING Japanese seismologist warned the country was in danger of a major “nuclear catastrophe” four years ago, but resigned from an advisory panel after his concerns were ignored.

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) has said that radioactive material from the Japanese nuclear power plants is highly unlikely to reach Ireland.

A LOCAL authority was praised yesterday for eradicating the risks posed by a potentially deadly gas found in its housing stock.

MICK and Nora O’Neill are about to have their Co Kerry home re-tested for cancer-causing radon gas – just to be sure that it continues to be safe to live in.

AS a former scientific secretary of the International Commission on Radiological Protection I am concerned at the very high levels of radon found in some parts of the country (September 17).

CHRISTINE Keaney’s home in Co Galway is one of almost 600 across the country found to have high levels of cancer-causing radon gas so far this year.

Nearly 600 homes from across the country have been found to have high levels of cancer-causing radon gas so far this year.

A COUNTY Sligo home has 13 times the acceptable level of radon gas – a cancer-causing gas that kills 200 people every year.

Only 5% of homes believed to have high levels of a cancer-causing gas have been identified, experts warned today.

Radon experts are warning that it could take up to 400 years to test every home in Ireland for the dangerous gas.

Householders were today urged to carry out radon tests after record levels of the cancer-causing gas were discovered.

Two homes in Kerry have been found to contain levels of cancer-causing radon gas that are among the highest ever discovered in Europe.

FOUR fresh faces, five seats and a multitude of reasons to run – Ronan Sheehan, Tom Barry, John Paul O’Shea and Willie O’Regan have joined the mad gallop to represent Mallow at Cork County Council level.

NATURALLY-OCCURRING radon gas, which kills 200 people each year, is so high in parts of south Cork and Cobh that public meetings are planned for next month to highlight the hazard.

IRELAND has the world’s sixth-highest rate of the cancer-causing radon gas according to figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Radiation exposure in Ireland is almost 10% higher than previously thought, according to a new report from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners claimed yesterday that the latest revelations about the Sellafield nuclear plant in England ended the argument in favour of nuclear power in this country.

IODINE tablets will not be reissued to households, Health Minister Mary Harney said yesterday.