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Irish Cement plant in Mungret is the nearest industrial site to the air quality sensor that recently measured dangerous level of air pollution.

Air Quality in Mungret plummets as particulate density soars.

Mungret air quality recorded as poor, with pollution effects seen 8km away in Castletroy. Ruairí Fahy outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.

Ruairi Fahy, People Before Profit representitive for Limerick City North, stands outside the Irish Cement plant following the upholding of a licence to burn tyres by the high court.

Irish Cement granted licence to burn tyres as Mungret tops air pollution table.

Last week air pollution measured by the sensor in Mungret exceeded the annual limits set out by the WHO as safe. People Before Profit calls for greater monitoring of other pollutants and stronger enforcement of environmental regulations around industrial sites.

Irish Cement plant surrounded in a yellow haze from the pollutants it is emitting

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies but Mungret lies in a cloud of smoke.

On the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies the Mungret air quality sensor recorded measurements exceeding the upper limit as set out in EU directives for PM2.5 over a 24 hour period. Ruairí Fahy details the health impacts of Air Quality and outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.

Free FFP2 masks for teachers & other workers

People Before Profit launch bill for teachers & other workers to be given free FFP2 masks, like TDs already get. Prof Orla Hegarty tells an oireachtas committee that wearing cloth & surgical masks for an airborne virus is like ‘wearing flip flops on a building site’

Mining in Clare threatens air, water, biodiversity and livelihoods across the mid-west

“Large scale industrial mining in East Clare would be a disaster” says PBP rep along with calls for Eamon Ryan to reject the granting of a prospecting licence to Minco Ireland Ltd. in Clare

CO2 monitor measures neraly twice the level seen outdoors, in enclosed environments this measurement can be a proxy for the liklihood pathogens in the air.

PBP accuse government of ignoring importance of ventilation in fight against Covid

Clean air in workplaces essential in the fight against Covid-19. In an effort to tacle the virus People Before Profit will introduct its Ventilation Bill to the Dáil on Wednesday with the goal of placing the onus on employers to ensure adequate airquality in workplaces and give employees the power to demand workplace inspections.