Anger at plans to move Met Éireann’s Valentia unit

OBJECTIONS are mounting over plans by Met Éireann to relocate an air monitoring unit in south Kerry to “an uncontaminated site” on Valentia Island.
Anger at plans to move Met Éireann’s Valentia unit
Mon, 09 May, 2011 - 01:00
Anne Lucey

The unit is currently part of an internationally-renowned observatory.

The proposed relocation is to avail of cleaner air as part of its monitoring of background pollution.

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