‘No burn nights’ possible in cities as air quality drops

Irish cities may have to consider “no burn night alerts” banning the lighting of solid fuel fires after new data shows Cork City had the worst air quality in Europe.

The data was recorded by a network of air quality sensors which have been deployed across the city as part of a pilot project, involving Cork City Council and the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry (Crac) at UCC. It is the only network of its kind in the country.