News from Dublin Airport, 18th December 2020 daa has lodged an application to amend two onerous planning conditions that are due to apply to the operation of the new North Runway and the overall runway system at Dublin Airport when North Runway begins operations. The current conditions would limit the use of North Runway between 11pm and [...]
Individual made 8,000 noise complaints to Dublin Airport in one year. Source: Irish Times 4th Feb 2020 A person who protested about noise at Dublin Airport almost 8,000 times last year contributed to a 10-fold increase in complaints. The individual accounted for more than half of the total of 15,160 complaints, up from just 1,453 [...]
Repeat objectors responsible for an almost-tenfold increase in such complaints A number of repeat objectors are responsible for an almost-tenfold increase in complaints about noise from aircraft using Dublin Airport in the first half of 2019. Figures published by the DAA, the airport’s operator, show one individual has filed over 3,100 complaints over the six months. [...]
Pressure on Ross to appoint Dublin Airport noise regulator despite conflict of interest concerns Fingal County Council was chosen as the noise regulator. THERE WAS INTENSE pressure on Transport Minister Shane Ross to appoint a noise regulator for Dublin Airport even though officials knew accusations of a conflict of interest were certain to arise. [...]
Proposed law would put Fingal Council in charge of monitoring Dublin Airport noise levels A proposed new law would put Fingal County Council in charge of monitoring noise levels at Dublin Airport. If passed, the Aircraft Noise Regulation Bill would give the local authority the power to make sure limits are met. The Transport Minister [...]