Esther O’Moore Donohoe: Noise annoys – but there’s a simple solution at hand

Are you being driven insane by neighbours who have the radio on full blast all day, every day? Then a simple electronic device is your friend

Excess noise from your neighbours might just tip you over the edge. Picture: Getty

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Where I live in Dublin city centre, Halloween begins on the first Tuesday of August at around 4.30pm. It’s marked by the scream of a single firework, followed with the Procession of the Borrowed Trolleys from the local supermarket by pallet-seeking teenage boys. “It gets earlier and earlier each year!” we shout cheerfully above the sound of bangers being lobbed into the newsagent’s.

Endless sirens, roadworks and construction dins are all part of ...