The busking bylaws passed by Galway city council last year will have to go back to the council and start all over again due to an error in their text. Galway city passed busking bylaws last May which contained measures including banning performers from using amps before 6pm on Shop st and other protected streets. [...]
NEW WHO ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE GUIDELINES 2018 FOR THE EUROPEAN REGION The WHO/Europe Environmental Noise Guidelines provides an important replacement to the 1999 Guidelines published 19 years ago. The main purpose of these guidelines is to provide recommendations for protecting human health from exposure to environmental noise originating from various sources: transportation (road traffic, railway [...]
Published data suggests the Nordex N131/3900 is a highly efficient wind power system for medium and light wind sites. The sound power level is limited to max. 106.2 dB(A) through rotor blades equipped with serrated trailing edges.
The family lived above a banker's luxury £2.6m apartment but when they installed an uncarpeted wooden floor she claimed she was kept up at night. A couple ordered to pay a neighbour more than £100,000 damages due to the noise of their young family playing on wooden floors must hand over the money after losing [...]
A proposed new law would put Fingal County Council in charge of monitoring noise levels at Dublin Airport. If passed, the Aircraft Noise Regulation Bill would give the local authority the power to make sure limits are met. The Transport Minister says it's important for connectivity, business and tourism. Minister Shane Ross said: “The new [...]
Source: Irish Examiner Farmers, for over 50 years, have been using bird pest control measures but no specific national legislation exists in relation to noise containment for instruments such as ‘crow bangers’ or 'crop bangers', writes Anne Lucey. A file image of a propane style gas gun bird scarer also known as a crop or crow [...]
A Green Party councillor has suffered bitter defeat in her legal campaign to stop a new poultry farm opening near Leominster. Felicity Norman took the case all the way to London's High Court, highlighting neighbours' anxieties about noise and offensive odours. She said there was a "proliferation" of poultry farms in Herefordshire and objectors were [...]
Source: Stephen Stansfeld, Queen Mary University of London The World Health Organisation recently published its latest noise pollution guidelines for Europe. The guidelines recommend outdoor noise levels that should not be exceeded for aircraft, road and rail noise and two new sources: wind turbine and leisure noise. The aim of the guidelines is to recommend [...]