Dublin has been named as one of the top ten cities in Europe for the quality of air.
High levels of pollution in the air space can cause health issues for people and will do more damage longer-term as well with climate change.
With that in mind, any efforts to improve the air space of a city are very much welcomed, as will the new report which hails the Irish capital as a clean area.
The data-driven report, undertaken by Forbes Advisor, wanted to determine which global cities' atmospheres were the least toxic, and where Europe’s cities ranked among them.
Dublin’s overall score is 3.53 out of 10, the tenth lowest toxicity score in Europe.
To find the data, a geocoded list of more than 2,500 cities with populations over one million was collated. Factors including fine molecular air components, average pesticide application rates (PARs), and prevalence of polluting power plants within a 40km radius of each city’s proximity were all considered when analysing each.
Dublin's ranking came about as a result of having only four polluting power plants as well as a PAR of just 494.
That was enough to earn the title of Europe's tenth least-toxic city - with Madrid topping the list, while Stockholm, Geneva, Zurich and Seville round out the top five.
At the other end of the spectrum, it was found that Singapore has the highest toxicity score of any city overall (9.31/10).
China has the most toxic cities out of all countries analysed, with 31 - a massive 11.27% of all cities within the data. Brazil is second, with 17 cities (6.18%), and third is India, with 12 (4.36%).
Auckland has the lowest overall toxicity score of all cities within the data, with 0.77.
São Paulo has 119 polluting power plants within 40km of the city centre, the most of any city within the data.
