Air pollution: Agriculture 'must pick up pace in reducing ammonia'

The EPA said the failure to meet targets was driven by emissions from manure and fertiliser use in the agriculture sector. File picture: Andy Gibson

Ireland has largely stayed within the required margins of reducing emissions from harmful particles that pollute the air, but agriculture needs to pick up the pace when it comes to reducing ammonia.

That is according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on Ireland's air pollutant emissions, which found that while the country is compliant with 2020 EU emission reduction commitments for nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter, it again fell short of ammonia emissions targets.