Heavily congested Cork town has no working air pollution monitor

Cork County councillor Audrey Buckley claimed it hasn’t been transmitting data since October 5, 2023

Heavy traffic on the main street in Carrigaline in 2018. One councillor said: 'All you have to do is walk around Carrigaline and you can feel the heavy air from sitting traffic.' File picture: Dan Linehan

Cork County Council officials have admitted that a pollution monitor in the largest town in the region hasn’t been working for more than a year.

The news has sparked anger among local representatives in Carrigaline, which is one of the biggest commuter towns in the country, and which suffers from heavy traffic congestion at peak times resulting in increased emissions from vehicles.