Dublin Airport received 13,569 noise complaints last year — 12,272 of them from the same person.
Independent.ie reports the unidentified complainant, who lodged 90% of the noise complaints during 2021, is almost solely responsible for a dramatic increase in complaints filed with DAA since 2019.
Before that DAA was receiving around 1,500 noise complaints a year, but last year’s total was 13,569. However, the figure would have been just 1,296 if cases filed by the serial complainant were excluded.
As the number of flights has returned to near pre-pandemic levels in 2022, the same individual has already filed a total of 5,276 complaints in the first three months of this year — a daily average of 59 cases — out of a total of 5,573 logged by DAA.
Hopefully, the complainant will pick a quieter airport to live near in the future.