Latest: Customers in West set to be without natural gas until Sunday amid safety fears

Latest: Odourless gas which entered the network in the west of Ireland is being sucked back out of the pipes and burnt off, it has been revealed.

Update 10.58am: Odourless gas which entered the network in the west of Ireland is being sucked back out of the pipes and burnt off, it has been revealed.

It may be Sunday before householders and businesses should switch back on their supplies after a technical issue allowed the natural gas into the network from Shell's Corrib gas refinery in Co Mayo.