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Bord Gáis is considering 34 towns across Ireland for
connection to the natural gas network.
This comes at a time when the company is also finalising
plans to deal with an emergency gas supply situation in Ireland.
A decision on which towns are suitable for a connection is
expected to be made this autumn. Consideration is given as
to how much gas supply is needed in each town, the cost of
setting up a connection, new housing developments and expected
revenue that would be generated.
The towns being considered under phase three of a natural
gas roll-out include Killarney, Tralee, Listowel, Newcastle
West, Macroom, Clonakilty, Nenagh, Castleblayney, Carrick-on-Shannon
and Bundoran.
Last year, Bord Gáis decided that six towns would
be considered for connection at a cost of €23m and, under
phase one of the study, 11 towns along the route of the Mayo-Galway
pipeline showed viability.
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