# Pollution
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This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
Voices
Choking on fresh air: How Ireland's air quality is leading to premature deaths
Dr Lisa McNamee
14 Apr
15.8k
24
Last month
March 2024
Commuting
Cabinet approves plan to give local authorities power to introduce traffic congestion charges
27 Mar
15.3k
89
This year
2024
Waterford
Auditor suggests council dock Deputy Mayor's expenses to help recoup €700k landfill bill
28 Jan
34.7k
ballymacraven
Uisce Éireann pleads guilty to two water pollution charges over north Clare ‘fish kill'
17 Jan
13.8k
34
Last year
2023
Pollution
EU member states reach preliminary agreement on reducing industrial emissions
29 Nov 2023
3.2k
plastic pollution
New York state sues PepsiCo over plastic pollution in rivers that supply drinking water
16 Nov 2023
8.9k
THE MORNING LEAD
'This is a matter of basic health': Will Dublin City get congestion charges any time soon?
15 Oct 2023
14.3k
53
Dublin
South Dublin County Council investigating pollution in River Poddle which coloured water white
5 Oct 2023
21.4k
14
Clean Air
Ireland's air quality last year was below WHO standards for human health
25 Sep 2023
15.5k
50
Drinking Water
Michelle O'Neill calls for public ownership of Lough Neagh amid outcry over toxic algal blooms
14 Sep 2023
13.9k
16
Pollution
Lung conditions will be made worse by climate change, say respiratory experts
4 Sep 2023
8.9k
53
Pollution
Air pollution is the greatest global threat to human health, study finds
29 Aug 2023
8.2k
49
Kildare
Uisce Éireann fined €5,000 for pollution that killed fish in the River Liffey
17 Jul 2023
13.8k
28
failure to communicate
'Unacceptable' commitment by public bodies when faced with environmental information requests
24 May 2023
10.2k
10
Climate Change
UN talks on agreement to protect the high seas continue into the early morning
Updated
4 Mar 2023
8.5k
3
Biodiversity
Two thirds of reef sharks and rays risk extinction due to climate change and overfishing
17 Jan 2023
6.2k
4
All time
Pollution
Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020, EU watchdog says
24 Nov 2022
5.6k
13
beefed up
Local councils hiring inspectors to target farms over pollution concerns
6 Nov 2022
19.2k
25
sulphur dioxide
Noxious gases from erupting Icelandic volcano threaten nearby village
5 Aug 2022
8.8k
2
Sri Lanka
Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump, conservationists warn
14 Jan 2022
16.2k
21
Study
Microplastics in Irish waters 'pass up the food chain' into systems of humans and larger animals
4 Jun 2021
13.0k
13
microplastics
Brown Thomas and Arnotts remove 470 cosmetic glitter products from sale
21 Apr 2021
65.0k
11
EPA
Pollution causes around 725 deaths in Dublin each year, with 144 linked to diesel emissions, study finds
1 Mar 2021
15.9k
75
do not swim
Swimming was banned at bathing spots across Ireland for over 350 days this year
28 Dec 2020
21.9k
11
dublin bay
Major leisure and biodiversity centre in Booterstown refused planning permission over pollution concerns
24 Nov 2020
18.5k
9
Pollution
Plastic in the Atlantic Ocean is far beyond levels previously estimated
18 Aug 2020
30.3k
40
Pollution
Link between strokes and air pollution rise in winter, RCSI research finds
11 Aug 2020
9.9k
10
Voices
Opinion: After the Covid-19 masks are gone, will we breathe cleaner air?
Dr Karen Moore
27 Jul 2020
15.6k
5
Pollution
Smoky coal ban extended to all towns with populations of over 10,000 people
27 Jul 2020
24.8k
42
plastic pollution
Over 30% of all plastic exported from Europe may not be recycled, according to Irish study
1 Jul 2020
10.4k
38