Cork and Dublin have cleaner air than 60% of European cities - study

Cork recorded a 'good' annual mean concentration score of 7.93 mg of fine particulate matter μg/m3 - the 36th best score recorded overall. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Cork and Dublin have, on average, cleaner air than more than half of other European cities, a new study has shown.

The European Environment Agency (EEA) gathered data on levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in the air for 323 European cities in 2019 and 2020.