Clean Air Night: Cork people urged not to burn solid fuel in project to reduce pollution

City council is also urging people to delay the lighting of their domestic fires later on Wednesday as part of its Clean Air Night initiative

Clean Air Night is a campaign aimed at raising awareness around harmful air pollution and burning solid fuels. Picture: Clare Keogh

People in Cork City have been encouraged to get involved in a project on Wednesday designed to deliver a night of clean air.

It comes a week after air pollution levels spiked across the city during the cold snap, with high levels of PM2.5 — the air pollutant most harmful to public health — recorded last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.