'In the morning, it's one plane after another' - residents near Dublin Airport react to lifting of passenger cap

"Local group says people's health is at stake, as Government yet to reveal details of its plan to abolish limits on numbers at airport"

"When Grainne McFadden was building her house in north county Dublin, she was told it would not be on a flight path to or from Dublin Airport. But all that has changed, she said. Living in the Coolquay area, close to the border with Co Meath, she is now in the path of the North Runway."

"She said she can't lie in her bed at the weekends or sit outside during the summer because of the noise of the planes passing overhead."

Government plans to abolish limits on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport remain undisclosed, and a local group warns that people's health is at stake. Residents near the North Runway report increased aircraft noise and disruption. Grainne McFadden said she was assured her north County Dublin home would not lie on a flight path, but the new runway places Coolquay, near the Meath border, directly below aircraft approaches. She says persistent noise prevents her from lying in bed at weekends or sitting outside during summer because of planes passing overhead. Concern centers on noise impacts and public-health consequences.

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