Fighting to keep our community alive
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) which administers Dublin Airport has opened a new runway and in the process decided to ignore the health and welfare of thousands of individuals in the vicinity of the 'Airport'. Consequently, this site has been set up by the St. Margaret's The Ward Residents (SMTW) along with the Fingal Organised Residents' Movement (FORUM) to provide information and support to those affected by aircraft noise in communities throughout North County Dublin (Fingal) and South Meath.
Planning Enforcement Form: Pre-worded form for submission to Fingal County Council . In the form of: . . . Please find attached a copy of a filled out complaint form regarding alleged Unauthorised Development with respect to the daa and the operation of the Northern Runway. . .
Appeal to An Bord Pleanala and initial Submission to ANCA: The first two PDFs above contain the Appeal to An Board Pleanala (in two parts) against the decision by Fingal County Council and the Regulatory Decision of the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA) to allow flights throughout the night from Dublin Airport. The third PDF is a copy of the submission made to ANCA opposing night flights. The below PDF contains the original submission to ANCA.
Webinar: ANCA's webinar stating how they arrived at the decision to allow Dublin AIrport to have flights throughout the night.
Observations to An Bord Pleanala: Individual may make an observation to An Board Pleanala about any matter over which it has jurisdiction.
Biography: Thomas Münzel MD, is Chief of the Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. He is an interventionist and also a vascular biologist and got his post doc training as a vascular biologist at the Institute of Applied Physiology, Professor Eberhard Bassenge, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg and in the Laboratories of David G Harrison, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA with focus on endothelial function and oxidative stress. He is co-initiator of the Gutenberg Health Study, one of the largest prospective cohort trials worldwide and was the founding director of the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, CTH in Mainz. Since 2011, his research group is focusing on environmental risk factors for cardiovascular disease with a focus on aircraft noise and air pollution.