Air Quality Bulletin - Nitrogen Dioxide December 2020

The Enviromental Protection Agency manages the national ambient air quality monitoring network. 

The hourly limit for NO2 is 200 ug/m3. The limit is deemed breached if more than 18 exceedances occur during the year. The table below shows the number of exceedances at stations in Ireland based on available data to 31st  December 2020. This data is provisional and subject to future revision following any further data validation.

Station Name

Number of values greater than 200 ug/m3 (year to date)

 

Station Location

Station Type

Data available to

Station Operator

Rathmines

0

Dublin 6

Urban Background

31st December

EPA

Ballyfermot

0

Dublin 7

Urban Traffic

31st December

Dublin City Council

St. John's Road

0

Dublin 8

Urban Traffic

31st December

Dublin City Council

Pearse Street

Data under process of validation

Dublin 2

Urban Traffic

31st December

  EPA

Winetavern Street

0

Dublin 8

Urban Traffic

31st December

Dublin City Council

Blanchardstown

0

Dublin 15

Suburban Traffic

31st December

Fingal County Council

Davitt Road

0

Dublin 12

Suburban Traffic

31st December

Dublin City Council

Tallaght

0

Dublin 24

Suburban Traffic

31st December

EPA

Dún Laoghaire

0

Dublin 24

Suburban Background

31st December

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Swords

0

Co. Dublin

Suburban Background

31st December

EPA

Ringsend

0

Dublin 4

Urban Traffic

31st December

EPA

Dublin Airport Authority

0

Co. Dublin

Suburban Background

31st December

  EPA/DAA

Dublin Port

0

Dublin 1

Suburban Background

31st December

      EPA/DPA

Portlaoise

0

Co. Laois

Suburban Background

31st December

EPA

Birr

0

Co. Offaly

Suburban Traffic

 31st December

EPA

UCC Distillery Field

0

Cork City

Suburban Background

31st December

UCC

South Link Road

0

Cork City

Suburban Traffic

31st December

Cork City Council

Kilkenny Seville Lodge

0

Kilkenny City

Suburban Traffic

31st December

EPA

Dundalk

1

Co. Louth

Suburban background

31st December

EPA

Emo Court

0

Co. Laois

Rural Background

31st December

EPA

Carrick-On-Shannon

0

Co. Leitrim

Suburban Traffic

31st December

  EPA

Castlebar

0

Co. Mayo

Suburban Background

31st December

EPA

Navan

0

Co. Meath

Suburban Traffic

31st December

EPA

Kilkitt

0

Co. Monaghan

Rural Background

31st December

 EPA

People's Park Limerick

0

Co. Limerick

Urban Background

31st December

 EPA

Sligo

0

Co. Sligo

Urban Traffic

  31st December EPA

Waterford

0

Co. Waterford

Suburban Background

31st December

 EPA 


 Exceedance dates:

 

Dundalk

09/12/2020 15:00