Kerry couple re-test home over fears of cancer-causing radon

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.

In 2003, the couple were shocked when they discovered their home on the Spa Road, Tralee, Co Kerry, had radon gas levels that were six-and-a-half times above the acceptable safe level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre (Bq/M3).

The couple have had remedial work carried out to their home but are anxious their grandchildren, who visit them regularly, come to no harm.