Residents living close to Dublin Airport have slammed the €20,000 grant being offered to 300 families as being "not nearly enough" to insulate their homes from noise.
Last week, Fingal County Council made it a condition of easing restrictions on the airport’s new €320m runway which means that Dublin Airport Authority faces a potential bill of €6m to insulate around 300 homes. This morning the new runway, which is located north of Dublin Airport’s main runway, was officially opened with Ryanair flight FR1964 to Eindhoven in The Netherlands jetting off at 12pm.
However, residents living near Dublin Airport told Dublin Live that they are "very concerned" about the increased noise, and they are also worried that the insulation grant will not cover the full cost of the works on their homes. One local resident, James, said that his family received the insulation grant of €20,000 in the last few days but estimates the costs will be "double what we have been given."
