Air Quality Bulletin – PM10 August 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency manages the national ambient air quality monitoring network.

The daily limit for PM 10 is 50 ug/m3. The limit is deemed breached if more than 35 exceedances occur during the year. The table below shows the number of exceedances at stations in Ireland based on available data to 31st August 2020. This data is provisional and subject to future revision following any further data validation.

Station Name Number of values greater than 50 ug/m3 (year to date) Station Location Station Type Data available to Station Operator Athlone Civic Centre 3 Co. Westmeath Suburban Background 31st August EPA Ballyfermot 0 Dublin 10 Suburban Background 31st August Dublin City Council Blanchardstown 1 Dublin 15 Suburban Traffic 31st August Fingal County Council Birr 0 Co. Affaly Suburban Traffic 31st August EPA Brownes Road 3 Waterford City Suburban Background 31st August EPA Carlow 1 Carlow Town Suburban Background 31 st August EPA Castlebar 2 Co. Mayo Suburban Background 31st August EPA Cavan 0 Co. Cavan Suburban Background 31st August EPA CIT Bishopstown 0 Cork City Suburban Background 31st August CIT Claremorris 0 Co. Mayo Rural Background 31st August EPA Clonmel 1 Co. Tipperary Urban Background 31st August EPA Cobh 0 Co. Cork Suburban Background 31st August EPA Davitt Road 1 Dublin 12 Suburban Traffic 31st August Dublin City Council Dublin Airport Authority 0 Co. Dublin Suburban Background 31 st August DAA/EPA Dublin Port 0 Dublin 1 Suburban Background 31 st August EPA/DPA Dún Laoghaire 0 Co. Dublin Suburban Background 31st August Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Dundalk 2 Co. Louth Suburban Background 31st August EPA Ennis 6 Co. Clare Suburban Background 31st August EPA Enniscorthy 3 Enniscorthy Town Suburban Background 31st August Wexford County Council Finglas 0 Dublin 11 Suburban Background 31st August Dublin City Council Heatherton Park 2 Cork City Suburban Background 31st August Cork City Council Kilkitt 0 Co. Monaghan Rural Background 19th July EPA Letterkenny 2 Co. Donegal Urban Background 31st August EPA Limerick 1 Co. Limerick Urban Background 31st August EPA Macroom 4 Co. Cork Suburban Background 31st August EPA Marino 0 Dublin 3 Suburban Background 31st August Dublin City Council Navan 0 Co. Meath Suburban Traffic 31st August EPA Phoenix Park 0 Dublin 8 Suburban Background 31st August Dublin City Council Portlaoise 0 Co. Laois Suburban Background 31st August EPA Rahoon Road 1 Galway City Suburban Background 21st August Public Analyst's Laboratory Rathmines 0 Dublin 6 Urban Background 31st August EPA Ringsend 4 Dublin 4 Urban Traffic 31st August EPA Roscommon 0 Roscommon City Suburban Background 31st August EPA Seville Lodge 1 Kilkenny City Suburban Background 31st August EPA South Link Road 5 Cork City Suburban Traffic 31st August Cork City Council Tipperary 1 Co. Tipperary Suburban Background 31st August EPA St. Anne’s Park 0 Dublin 5 Suburban Background 31st August EPA St. John's Road West 0 Dublin 8 Urban Traffic 31 st August Dublin City Council Tallaght 0 Dublin 24 Suburban Traffic 31st August EPA Tralee 1 Co Kerry Suburban background 31st August EPA Wexford 0 Co. Wexford Background Traffic 31st August EPA Winetavern Street 0 Dublin 8 Urban Background 3rd August Dublin City Council

Exceedance Dates:

Athlone



4/3/2020

21/3/2020

25/3/2020



Blanchardstown

4/3/2020

Brownes Road



19/1/2020

20/1/2020



10/4/2020

Carlow



19/1/2020



Castlebar



18/1/2020

19/1/2020



Clonmel

10/4/2020

Davitt Road

25/3/2020

Heatherton Park



19/1/2020

20/1/2020



South Link Road



19/1/2020

20/1/2020

19/7/2020

20/7/2020

21/7/2020

Macroom



18/1/2020

19/1/2020

20/1/2020

21/1/2020



Dundalk



19/1/2020

20/1/2020



Ennis



17/1/2020

18/1/2020

19/1/2020

20/1/2020



4/2/2020

18/3/2020

Enniscorthy



18/1/2020

19/1/2020

20/1/2020



Letterkenny



18/1/2020



13/2/2020

Limerick



18/1/2020



Rahoon Road



18/1/2020



Ringsend



5/2/2020



23/3/2020

25/3/2020

10/4//2020

Seville Lodge

10/4/2020

Tipperary

18/1/2020



Tralee



4/2/2020

