1,500 cases of gas meter tampering around the country

There have been almost 1,500 cases of the gas meter tampering in Ireland in the last two years, an act which is life-threatening.

Gas Networks Ireland say there have been 1,475 cases reported across 19 counties since 2014.

Cork is one of the counties with the highest prevalence of gas meter tampering. Other counties with a high rate of tampering are Dublin, Carlow and Limerick.