The discovery of a new gas source off the west coast has led to predictions of a business boom in the country, according to the Leas Ceann Comhairle, Dr Rory O'Hanlon, chairman of the Fianna Fail Parliamentary Party.
He said yesterday the new gas should be beneficial to the Objective 1 regions, where there was a higher incentive for job creation, and it should enable a link to hundreds of private dwellings.