CR3 News Magazine 2018 VOL 3: MAY Radon and Early Detection | Page 14

The new radon risk map illustrates the same general categories, but does so at a different spatial scale,
which makes it easier to identify regional or local variations in radon risk.
The southeast and west of Ireland are prominent regions for high risk, according to the map, but it indicates
that homes with high radon could potentially be found in any county, the scientists say.
Some areas at high risk would previously not have been categorised as such, according to the geologists.
The researchers urged people to have their homes tested for radon.
The new map divides the Republic into three main radon risk areas: low, medium and high, with
probabilities of having an indoor radon concentration above the reference level.