Ambient Air Monitoring

Ambient Air Monitoring

Find out about Air Quality Monitoring in County Meath

The Environmental Protection Agency manages the National Ambient Air Quality Network. 

The CAFE (Clean Air for Europe) Directive sets air quality standards for member states in Europe and has been transposed into Irish legislation by the Air Quality Standards Regulations, 2011.

 

Air Quality in Ireland

EPA Air Quality in Ireland Report 2023 (pdf)

 

Air Quality Monitoring at Navan Fire Station

Meath County Council has one air quality monitor in Navan town, beside the Fire Station, and it provides live indicative air quality data to the public. The Air Quality station in Navan was commissioned in November 2019.  The Navan station updates every two to five minutes with the calculated Air Quality Index for Health (AQIH) and the Air Quality Map shows the public if air quality is good, fair, poor or very poor.  They allow the Council and the public to review long-term trends to establish any improvement or deterioration of air quality in the town of Navan.

The station measures nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) which is commonly used as an indicator of dust particles in air.

The latest AQIH for all monitoring station locations is also available at all times at www.airquality.ie

 

Air Quality Reports for Navan

Air Quality Monitoring at Trim

https://airqualityadmin.meath.ie/sensors/

Currently focused on Trim, this website looks at the air quality in two locations in Trim and dives into how the air quality in Trim affects the health of people in Trim.

One air quality sensor is located in Market St and a second in Patrick St. 

Data is recorded every hour and is graphed to show the air quality for the area.

 

Analytics: Air Quality Index for Health

The Air Quality Index for Health is provided by the Irish Government’s Environmental Protection Agency. This gives an idea of how harmful pollution is at different levels on a scale from 1 to 10. 1-3 are good, 4-6 are fair, 7-9 are poor and 10 is very poor.  

Please visit https://airqualityadmin.meath.ie/analytics/air-quality-index-for-health to view the data.

The latest AQIH for all monitoring station locations is also available at all times at www.airquality.ie

https://airqualityadmin.meath.ie/analytics/air-quality-information

https://airqualityadmin.meath.ie/analytics/health-impacts