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air pollution

Last year
2024
Dirty Old Town
These Dublin streets have the highest concentrations of harmful NO2 pollution
11 Dec 2024
16.3k
51
All time
EPA
Ireland's new national air quality forecast goes live today
3 Nov 2023
23.3k
65
Clean Air
Ireland's air quality last year was below WHO standards for human health
25 Sep 2023
15.6k
50
FactCheck
FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?
31 Aug 2023
22.4k
Pollution
Air pollution is the greatest global threat to human health, study finds
29 Aug 2023
8.3k
52
Environment
Air pollution could be linked to antibiotic resistance, new research finds
8 Aug 2023
11.1k
33
Clean Air Act
Ireland's first clean air strategy to target pollution for sake of health and environment
26 Apr 2023
4.2k
11
Traffic fumes
Air pollution damaging at all stages of life, research shows
17 Apr 2023
6.7k
20
FactCheck
FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
6 May 2022
18.2k
52
air pollution
Opinion: A roaring fire might be cosy, but it's causing serious health issues
Dr Tim Collins
11 Mar 2021
71.5k
101
smoky coal
Poll: Have you noticed poor air quality where you live?
18 Feb 2021
29.5k
72
Pollution
Plume of Sahara dust causes spike in European air pollution
9 Feb 2021
13.8k
8
Info hub
Open Access: A citizen’s guide to uncovering housing and local information
30 Dec 2020
7.8k
0
air pollution
Thousands of Covid-19 deaths could be linked to air pollution – study
27 Oct 2020
28.8k
16
Pollution
Link between strokes and air pollution rise in winter, RCSI research finds
11 Aug 2020
10.0k
10
air pollution
Opinion: After the Covid-19 masks are gone, will we breathe cleaner air?
Dr Karen Moore
27 Jul 2020
15.7k
5
Burning issue
Opinion: We need serious help to 'stop burning stuff' to heat our homes
Prof John Wenger
11 Jul 2020
39.2k
70
Limerick
'A toxic decision': Protest planned after EPA gives green light for Irish Cement Ltd to burn waste
19 Sep 2019
20.5k
36
air pollution
Black carbon from air pollution 'found in placentas'
17 Sep 2019
20.1k
15
air pollution
Enniscorthy to become the New Delhi of Ireland if smoky coal ban not rolled out, Dáil hears
11 Jun 2019
16.5k
34
Breathing
Children born today will die 20 months sooner than expected because of air pollution
3 Apr 2019
13.3k
46
The Lancet
Pollution linked to nine million deaths around the world in 2015 (and close to 1,800 of those were in Ireland)
20 Oct 2017
9.9k
18
Petrol v Diesel
Are diesel cars really better for the environment than petrol ones?
25 Sep 2017
61.7k
3
deep breath
The UK is getting slammed for its air quality levels - so how does Ireland fare?
17 Sep 2017
16.7k
26
room to breathe
UK to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars by 2040 'to clean up dirty air on roads'
26 Jul 2017
14.6k
61
what do you think
Poll: Do you think a 'no idling' policy should be enforced near schools?
30 Jun 2017
23.1k
119
air pollution
Irish children from deprived families twice as likely to be exposed to second-hand-smoke
31 May 2017
8.6k
37
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is Denis Naughten right about the deaths caused by air pollution in Ireland?
16 Nov 2016
16.3k
27
Not happening
European cities are banning cars for a day ... but Ireland's not getting involved
3 Aug 2015
17.5k
51
breathe deep
This app aims to help you avoid the areas with most air pollution
8 Aug 2014
5.6k
7
Pollution
Fears for Ireland's air after health warnings in the UK
3 Apr 2014
15.3k
43
risk factor
Even low levels of air pollution can lead to lung cancer, major new study shows
10 Jul 2013
3.4k
10
Autism
Women in areas of high air pollution more likely to have autistic babies
18 Jun 2013
5.9k
10
Pollution
Phil Hogan: I want smoky coal to be banned within the next 3 years
6 May 2013
9.2k
91
air quality
Pollution 'causes 3,400 early deaths' in Ireland, says An Taisce
9 Apr 2013
5.4k
27
breathe deep
Here's one thing Ireland is getting right...
26 Jun 2012
9.5k
24
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