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Westmeath has the potential for a biomethane industry which would produce enough renewable gas to not only replace all of the natural gas consumed by the 4,100 homes and businesses in Westmeath connected to the 192km of gas network in the county but would produce a surplus of the county’s gas needs and also reduce carbon emissions by almost 149,000 tonnes annually.

Galway has the potential for a biomethane industry, which would produce enough renewable gas to replace 89% of the natural gas consumed by the 8,000 homes and businesses in Galway connected to the 400km gas network in the county and reduce carbon emissions by over 89,000 tonnes annually.

Local TD, Denis Naughten, has confirmed that the Centre Parcs holiday resort in Ballymahon, due to open this summer, was connected to the national gas network prior to the Christmas period, describing it as “another significant milestone in the development of tourism as part of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands”.

Labour TD for Longford-Westmeath, Willie Penrose has welcomed the commitment from Minister for Communication, Climate Control and the Environment, Denis Naughten, to review the criteria for the connection of rural towns to the natural gas grid, having raised the issue in the Dáil.

This morning Sheel E&P Ireland issued an update on the removal of unodourised gas which entered the Gas Networks Ireland Network from the Bellanaboy Bridge Gas Terminal