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Air Quality Bulletin – PM10 2011

The daily limit for PM10 is 50 ug/m3. The limit is deemed breached if more than 35 exceedances occur during the year. The table below shows the number of exceedances at stations in Ireland in 2011.

Station Name

Number of values
greater than
50 ug/m3
(year to date)

Station Location

Station Type

Data available to

Station Operator

Ringsend

17

Dublin 4

Urban Traffic

31 December

EPA

Rathmines

9

Dublin 6

Urban Background

31 December

EPA

Winetavern Street

7

Dublin 8

Urban Traffic

21 October

Dublin City Council

Phoenix Park

3

Dublin 8

Suburban Background

22 October

Dublin City Council

Blanchardstown 13 Dublin 15 Suburban Traffic 31 December Fingal County Council
Tallaght 4 Dublin 24 Suburban Background 31 December Fingal County Council
Dún Laoghaire 11 Co. Dublin Suburban Background 31 December Fingal County Council

Old Station Road

19

Cork City

Urban Traffic

31 December

Cork City Council

Heatherton Park

10

Cork City

Suburban Background

31 December

Cork City Council

Bodkin Roundabout 4 Galway City  Suburban Traffic 31 December Public Analyst's Laboratory HSE West
Ennis 24 Co. Clare Suburban Background 31 December EPA
Bray 2 Co. Wicklow Suburban Background 31 December EPA
Celbridge* 4  Co. Kildare Suburban Background 11 April EPA

Castlebar 

6

Co. Mayo

Suburban Background

25 December

EPA

Claremorris 0 Co. Mayo  Rural Background  28 December EPA
Kilkitt 1 Co. Monaghan Rural Background 31 December EPA
Shannon 1 Co. Clare Suburban Background 31 December EPA
Tralee* 1 Co. Kerry  Suburban Background  25 June  DCC/DIT Research Project
Navan* 3 Co. Meath  Suburban Background  26 June  DCC/DIT Research Project
Killarney 0 Co. Kerry  Suburban Background  26 October  DCC/DIT Research Project
Letterkenny 0 Co. Donegal  Suburban Background  22 October DCC/DIT Research Project
* Monitoring at this station has finished