Michael Moynihan: Air pollution may not kill you off, but it may well reduce your life expectancy

Even if you live in a rural area, if you light a fire it’s not just you you’re affecting, it’s your neighbours too, says Michael Moynihan

A few days ago — wearing my sports hat — I referred in passing to the air quality in Cork, something that hadn’t come across my radar before.

I should have probably guessed in advance, though, that this was an area - like cycling or dereliction - with an informed community, and once I took an interest I found plenty of resources dealing with the subject.