Carrigaline schools to join air quality monitoring project as new pollution monitor installed

New monitoring equipment and a proposed schools programme aim to boost air quality awareness in Carrigaline

An air pollution monitor that was out of service for an extended period in Carrigaline has been replaced with a new, more modern unit in the town park. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Plans are being advanced to get schoolchildren involved in air quality monitoring in Co Cork’s largest town.

An air pollution monitor that was out of service for an extended period in Carrigaline has been replaced with a new, more modern unit in the town park.