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Trees & air quality in Ireland
How much tree cover Ireland's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 11.5%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- CentreAQI 29
5 cities in Ireland
Dublin
2 km around Dublin
Tree cover
27%
10.8K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Cork
2 km around Centre
Tree cover
40%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Limerick
2 km radius
Galway
2 km radius
Waterford
2 km around Waterford
Tree cover
44%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Ireland as a whole
11.5% of Ireland was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 1.3B trees across 1.3M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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