‘Planning permission needs to be adhered to. Enforcement needs to happen. People need to be held accountable,’ residents say
About 150 people gathered at a crossroads near St Margaret’s and The Ward in sight of Dublin Airport’s north runway on Friday evening in protest at what they claim are an excessive level of night flights over their homes.
The protesters, most of whom live locally, were heavily critical of the Dublin Airport Authority , which they say is determined not to be bound by restrictions on night time flights and passenger numbers.James ‘Jaws’ Byrne: Fixer, fear merchant, father Local St Margaret’s resident Liam Ó Gradaigh said the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority, which monitors noise around the airport, had said the number affected by nightly noise levels above 55 decibels should not exceed the numbers affected in 2019.
“But in 2023 there were 4,500 people living in the area who were subjected to noise levels of more than 55 decibels, on average across that year. This represents a tripling of the numbers affected by noise,” he said.
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