Meritxell Garcia-Marlès (UCC), Kirsten Fossum (University of Galway), Stig Hellebust (UCC)
On 12 June, PEACE-Air project partners marked an important milestone with the start of a year-long air quality monitoring campaign in Letterkenny.
This is a significant step in strengthening air quality research and improving understanding of the environmental conditions that affect communities across the island of Ireland.
The air quality instrumentation deployed will provide valuable data to inform future actions, support cross-border cooperation, and contribute to cleaner, healthier air.
The deployment was carried out by Kirsten Fossum from the University of Galway, and Meritxell Garcia-Marlès and Stig Hellebust from University College Cork.
The campaign forms part of PEACE-Air’s wider work to build stronger evidence on air quality across the island of Ireland. By collecting local data in Letterkenny, it will help project partners better understand pollution patterns, identify pressures affecting communities, and support informed decisions on future clean air actions.
This work also reflects the project’s commitment to bringing together scientific expertise, local knowledge and cross-border partnership to address shared air quality challenges.
PEACE-Air, the Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air, is a cross-border project working across Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve air quality and protect public health and the natural environment. The project brings together local authorities, universities, environmental agencies, public health bodies and communities to address shared air pollution challenges through collaboration, research and evidence-based action.
The PEACE-Air partnership looks forward to building on this progress as the project continues to advance its work on evidence-based action for cleaner, healthier air across the island.