Noise from outdoor machinery can cause noise disturbance and annoyance – especially when its warm and windows are more likely to be opened. Construction sites and large parks and gardens frequently use machinery that is inherently noisy. We also use noisy outdoor machines at home in the garden and on building jobs. There is regulation [...]
A noisy neighbour in Farnborough who breached a noise abatement order by playing loud music has been hit with a fine of over £300. Complaints were first made against the 48 year-old, who lives in Shelley Rise, back in 2014. After first breaching the order in July 2015, she was given a two-year conditional discharge. [...]
A BOSCOMBE pub which closed after noise complaints will be converted into 19 flats. The Portman Hotel scheme attracted opposition from residents behind the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan, who argued the proposed flats would be “cheek-by-jowl”. However council planning officers agreed with developer Richard Carr’s assessment that the proposed flats “all meet new Government standards”. Mr Carr had [...]
PLANS FOR A large-scale mosque in west Dublin have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála in spite of local opposition. The board has given the green light to the Shuhada Foundation of Ireland for the four storey mosque, community centre, and primary school on the site of Warrenstown House, a former HSE facility [...]
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The city council has passed new regulations prohibiting buskers from using amplifiers before 6 in the evening. It follows discussion of a motion proposed by Councillor Peter Keane and seconded by Councillor Terry O’ Flaherty at a meeting of the local authority last evening. A small group of protestors gathered outside [...]
Source: Irish Times. Businesses on O’Connell Street using high-pitched ‘mosquito alarms’ to combat loitering. Anti-loitering devices which emit a high-pitched noise to deter teenagers from hanging around constitute a form of assault, Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said. There have been increased reports of the devices, known as “mosquito alarms”, being used by businesses around Dublin, [...]
Here are some key leglisatative references for matters pertaining to noise in the Republic of Ireland. Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (section 25) The Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 Roads Act, 1993 and 2002 Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (Noise) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 179 of 1994) Building regulations (Part E) Planning and Development Act, [...]
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Proposals include plan to requisition lands used by CLG Na Fianna and two Irish medium schools. Representatives of two Irish medium schools will attend an Oireachtascommittee hearing today to outline their concerns about the impact the development of Dublin’s new MetroLink could have on the health and safety of their students. Representatives from Scoil Chaitríona and [...]
DUBLIN AIRPORT’s NEW planned north runway will be finished and operating by the end of 2021 but the DAA has warned that noise restrictions that could be imposed could cost thousands of jobs. Speaking at the launch of DAA’s annual results today, chief executive Dalton Philips described the new runway as “the most important thing [...]