Noise annoys

Excessive noise levels in daily life have been shown to play a role in everything from cardiovascular disease to depression and diabetes. But actually getting action taken is easier said than done, writes Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

It was easy to laugh at Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee’s March 2017 suggestion for dealing with seagulls. Complaints by North Dublin constituents led her to ask if the Department of Rural and Community Development had plans to use laser technology to ward off brazen gulls. But an attempt at a night’s sleep in an urban coastal area is all that’s needed to have one reaching for their laser pistol

Things are pretty noisy these ...