Crisis at Dublin Airport

Residents welcome decision that Dublin Airport must abide by planning rules

Extra flight hours ‘have tipped people over the edge in what they can tolerate’

Niamh Maher, a member of Saint Margaret’s The Ward residents’ committee, with her husband Brian Murphy; Maher said Fingal County Council’s decision is ‘a sign that the powers that be are starting to take notice’. Picture: Bryan Meade

Local resident Niamh Maher, a member of St Margaret’s The Ward residents’ committee, has described last week’s enforcement of a planning decision by Fingal County Council as “really significant” for people living in the vicinity of Dublin Airport.

“Particularly those that have this unexpected onslaught of noise as a result of the North Runway,” Maher told the Business Post.

“To see Fingal County Council enforcing a planning condition that is indisputable – because those are ...