Real-time monitoring by the UCC team shows residential solid fuel burning was the dominant source, accounting for 72 per cent of PM2.5 in Killarney, 82 per cent in Enniscorthy and 60 per cent in Birr.Using chemical fingerprints of particles generated from the combustion of different fuels, the team showed that peat burning is responsible for the majority of this pollution, followed by wood and coal.
However, Dublin City Council’s air quality monitoring unit ultimately ascribed the high levels of PMs to dust that had been blown on to the city from north Africa, which then combined with particulate matter in the air.
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