Vulnerable communities ‘must be priority’ in clean air strategy

Rose Wall: 'Members of the Traveller community, low-income communities, those experiencing energy poverty, people with disabilities, people with respiratory conditions, and children experience the worst impacts of air pollution.' File picture: Barry Cronin

A national strategy for clean air must have vulnerable and marginalised communities at the forefront of its focus, say social justice and environmental groups.

Submissions have now closed for the Government's public consultation on clean air, aimed at reducing pollution and poor health.