Ireland’s air quality currently is good, relative to other European Union (EU) Member States, but maintaining this standard is a growing challenge. Despite our monitored air quality being within EU limit values, the levels of particulate matter is of growing concern, especially during the winter months when domestic solid fuel burning can directly impact on air quality and on our health. In our larger urban areas we face potential exceedances of nitrogen dioxide limit values unless we reduce our dependence on the private motor car.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates show that more than 400,000 premature deaths are attributable to poor air quality in Europe annually. In Ireland, the number of premature deaths attributable to air pollution is estimated at 1,510 people and is mainly due to cardiovascular disease. The WHO has described air pollution as the ‘single biggest environmental health risk’.
Read more at http://www.epa.ie/irelandsenvironment/air/
Contents
Open API Documentation (Swagger)
https://data.epa.ie/air/swagger/
Example API usage
Air Quality API Endpoints
Measurements
https://data.epa.ie/air/api/v1/measurements
page switch, and the number of results per page is determined using the per_page switch, e.g.
License
The data provided in the API is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
