House has 13 times safe radon level

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

Inspections by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) revealed the extent of the danger at the Ballymote home.

The RPII believes it is highly likely there are other homes across the country with similarly high radon levels and has called for a national task force to be established to devise a strategy around radon gas testing.