Ballyboughal people say the airport’s north runway has disrupted their lives, and fear it will get worse
Now there is something else for the community to worry about. This January, An Bord Pleanála will publish its decision on whether to allow extra traffic to run from the airstrip, over longer hours including through the night.
Of those, 17.9 per cent had perceived a small difference while 47.4 per cent, 20 per cent and 14.7 per cent had noticed a significant, large or enormous increase respectively, the last three accounting for over 82 per cent. Nearly 60 per cent felt the noise was having a significant or major impact on their quality of their life.
“We never had an issue with aeroplane noise [before]. Planes do fly over but they would be very high and they wouldn’t bother us,” says Bernard Lynch, an architect who has lived in Ballyboughal for over 20 years. “It’s got to the stage where planes are flying over and myself and my wife – we are avid gardeners – would have to stop talking because it’s impossible to have a conversation ... we feel like we are just collateral damage.
The DAA review, which is ongoing, has found some of the Instrument Flight Procedures , or flight paths, were not aligned to modelling assumptions included in the DAA’s planning submissions. Updated IFPs are now being prepared for use in early 2023. The DAA has said an additional “small” number of homes will now qualify for noise mitigation measures.
ANCA, which regulates aircraft noise levels around Dublin Airport, said it did not have a role in managing complaints or in routing aircraft but that it has plans to position additional monitoring stations in the area, including Ballyboughal, “in the months ahead”.
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