By Ann O’Lougglin at the Irish Examiner. A Cork couple who wanted the granting of substitute planning permission for the Kilvinane windfarm quashed have lost their case in the High Court. Ms Justice Caroline Costello in the High Court dismissed the application of Claire O’Brien and Patrick O’Brien who live near the wind farm in [...]
Herne Bay residents say Auckland Council should have given them the chance to object to helicopter landing rights at the Sentinel Beach property of businessman Rod Duke and wife Patricia. But the council says it did not notify the application because two neighbours had given their consent. Dirk Hudig and Don Mathieson, co-chairs of the [...]
A Swiss church can once again ring its bells throughout the night after a federal court overturned a legal decision to limit them to hourly peals. The restriction was ordered in 2015 after a local couple complained about clangs between 22:00 and 07:00. The 250-year-old Protestant church in Wädenswil, near Zurich, agreed to stop ringing [...]
A 52-year-old man grabbed his neighbour by the neck during a row about noise from his apartment’s wooden floors, a court has heard. Mark Somers, who is from England but lives at the Metropolitan Apartments in Kilmainham, Dublin 8, was found guilty of assaulting his former neighbour David Glynn in an underground car park at [...]
DUBLIN AIRPORT’S OPERATOR is looking for outside help with the ‘challenging’ task of reducing air traffic noise for 200 homes near its planned second runway. DAA will offer a five-year contract for consultants to research and design noise-reduction modifications for houses and schools within a certain ‘noise contour’ of the new build, which is slated [...]
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Source: Irish Examiner (Sean O’Riordan) A widow became emotional yesterday as she explained how she would become “a prisoner” in her own home if plans for a €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway were given the green light. The proposed M28 motorway will run from Cork to Ringaskiddy. Anne O’Dea, who owns a house on Maryborough Hill, said [...]
A great turnout at The Irish Wind Farmers Association Annual Conference. Hopefully time to bring a few facts about noise, low frequency noise and infrasound in a world of misinformation.