Thousands more homes around Ireland could have the cancer-causing Radon gas than was first thought. Especially in the West of Ireland. There’s been such a huge concern around this that the website that was launched this morning on which you could check if your house was affected has crashed. And was down for hours. Senior Scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency David Fenton joined Kieran to explain what that could mean.

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