Ireland Suspended gas installer sentenced over unauthorised gas work
Petros Tsiogas, a 63-year-old man from Beechfield Meadows, Clonee, Dublin 15, carried out unregistered gas installation work on nine houses in Dublin and Kildare between February 2023 and December 2024 while suspended from the gas registration scheme. A CRU safety officer received a call on 28 November 2024 about gas not working at a house in Celbridge, and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) later prosecuted him on 23 charges. Judge Paul Kelly at Dublin District Court imposed a four-month sentence suspended for two years on condition that he not perform gas installations unless registered, and also ordered a €500 fine and €750 in prosecution costs. The sentencing was reported on 2 September 2025, which is the latest development.
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- Arrestednot reported
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- Sentenced2 Sep
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Petros Tsiogas, a 63-year-old man, was prosecuted by the CRU on 23 charges of unregistered gas work.
- Tsiogas carried out gas work on nine houses in Dublin and Kildare while suspended.
- Tsiogas had replaced a boiler the day before the call.
- Tsiogas still had a book of 50 gas certificates.
- Investigation
- A Gas Networks Ireland first responder found a leak in a pipe.
- Other details
- Tsiogas registered with the gas scheme in 2009.
- Tsiogas was suspended about four years before the offences and later reinstated under supervision.
- Tsiogas was terminated after failing to detect a gas leak on another property.
- A CRU official believed this was the most significant number of unauthorised gas work offences before the courts.
- Tsiogas has ceased working and has no earnings.
- Where
- Tsiogas lives in Beechfield Meadows, Clonee, Dublin 15.
- When
- The works were carried out between February 2023 and December 2024.
- A CRU safety officer received a call on 28 November 2024 about gas not working at the Celbridge house.
- In court
- Judge Paul Kelly imposed a four-month sentence suspended for two years at Dublin District Court.
- Sentence
- Tsiogas must not perform gas installations unless he is registered, was fined €500, and was ordered to pay €750 in prosecution costs.
17 statements extracted from the articles
- whatPetros Tsiogas was prosecuted by the CRU on 23 charges for unregistered gas work (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas carried out work on nine houses in Dublin and Kildare while suspended (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas had replaced a boiler the day before the call (irishtimes.com)
- whatA Gas Networks Ireland first responder found a leak in a pipe (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas still had a book of 50 gas certificates (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas registered with the gas scheme in 2009 (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas was suspended four years before the offences and later reinstated under supervision (irishtimes.com)
- whatTsiogas was terminated after failing to detect a gas leak on another property (irishtimes.com)
- whereTsiogas lives in Beechfield Meadows, Clonee, Dublin 15 (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe works were carried out between February 2023 and December 2024 (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe CRU safety officer received a call on 28 November 2024 about gas not working at the Celbridge house (irishtimes.com)
- courtJudge Paul Kelly imposed a four-month sentence suspended for two years at Dublin District Court (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceTsiogas must not perform gas installations unless registered (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceTsiogas was fined €500 (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceTsiogas was ordered to pay €750 in prosecution costs (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe CRU official believed this was the most significant number of unauthorised gas work offences before the courts (irishtimes.com)
- otherTsiogas has ceased working and has no earnings (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 2 Sep2025Suspended gas installer left house like ‘ticking time bomb’, court hears
Reports the sentencing of Petros Tsiogas for 23 charges of unregistered gas work, including details of the 'ticking time bomb' incident in Celbridge, his history with the gas registration scheme, and the CRU prosecution.
convicted, Petros Tsiogas, 63, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Petros Tsiogas