The ProPG has been produced to provide practitioners with guidance on a recommended approach to the management of noise within the planning system in England. The Institute of Acoustics, the Association of Noise Consultants and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) have worked together to produce the guidance which encourages better acoustic design for [...]
It was a pleasure to meet Simon Coveney, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Hildegarde Naughton, Galway West TD, to establish their thoughts on Brexit and what it is likely to mean for Irish companies. For example, British Standards are widely used in the Republic of Ireland for the assessment of noise and [...]
Council tells Johnny Ronan firm to keep the noise down at D4 Embassy venue. Council inserts noise condition after locals claim property being used as party venue. Article by Gordon Deegan (Breaking News) Dublin City Council has told a company owned by developer, Johnny Ronan, to keep the noise down in its planned new ‘live-work’ [...]
If you live in an area mapped for environmental noise, remember that noise levels on the maps are a model of the average noise level, outdoor, on an average day in an average year-not actual noise levels at any given place or time. The maps will be used to help in planning and to manage [...]
It is essential that weather information is captured for both attended and unattended noise measurements. Such beautiful weather for noise measurements this January 2020. I cant help but think that this looks like a Lunar landscape....
Strategic noise maps are produced using computer software (such as CADNA-A) that calculates the noise levels from information on traffic flows (annual AADT figures), rail movements, aircraft movements and industrial noise (yet not considered in Ireland). It also takes account of topography (ground levels and building heights) of an area. Computer modelling is used as [...]
Almost one-fifth (18.3%) of the population of the European Union (EU) reported that they suffered from noise coming from their neighbours or the street in 2018, however Ireland was among countries with the lowest rate of reporting noise disturbance (9.4%). Unsurprisingly, this proportion is more than twice as high for people living in cities (24.1%) [...]
Court increases 'unduly lenient' jail term for farmer who killed neighbour with teleporter in 2017 Kerry farmer Michael Ferris has had his sentencing increased from five years to nine in the Court of Criminal Appeal. THE COURT OF Criminal Appeal has ruled that a five-year jail term imposed on Kerry farmer Michael Ferris for the [...]
Saw point: Noisy carpenter gets DIY ban after neighbours driven up wall A NOISY carpenter has been banned from doing DIY in the evenings after making neighbours’ lives a misery with his hammering and drilling in the early hours. Handyman Paul Bennett, 48, has been warned he could face jail if it continues following a [...]