Health charity urges 949 councillors to improve blue and green spaces for public health

The group urged councillors to improve urban access to nature through new or improved parks. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins Photos

More parks, better public transport and cleaner waterways are among the measures newly elected councillors have been urged by work towards by Irish Doctors for the Environment.

Poor diets, inactivity, and air pollution as well as the lack of access to nature all negatively affect people’s health, the charity said in an open letter to all 949 councillors.