One in five Cork homes at risk of high radon levels 

Cork households can now borrow radon testing kits from their local library

Digital monitors provide a snapshot in time of the radon levels in a building, and are very useful as an indicator of radon levels, the EPA said.

Households across Cork county can now borrow kits from local libraries to test their homes for radon, a cancer-causing gas particularly high in the county compared to the rest of Ireland.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), one in five homes in many areas of Cork county are likely to have high levels of radon.