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- NRTG takes Ireland to Europe over Dublin Airport
North Runway Technical Group files formal complaints with European Commission, European Parliament, and Aarhus Convention DUBLIN, 2 March 2026. The North Runway Technical Group (NRTG), a voluntary group with aviation and engineering expertise, including current and former airline pilots, has today filed three simultaneous complaints with European institutions over Ireland’s treatment of environmental law at […]
- Release: Corporate Governance Campaign
The North Runway Technical Group (NRTG) has launched a major public letter campaign targeting government departments, regulators, and public bodies over the State’s ongoing failure to enforce planning and environmental law at Dublin Airport. A series of 14 formal letters—now available on the NRTG website—have been sent to the Minister for Transport, the Minister for […]
- Ireland’s War on Disinformation Must Start With Its Own State Agencies
Last week, the Irish Government launched its national strategy to counter disinformation — a vital and overdue initiative in an era where public trust is under strain. The strategy pledges to fight false narratives, promote transparency, and build confidence in state institutions. But while Ministers decry “fake news,” one of their own state-controlled companies — […]
- Fingal Councillor Criticises DAA’s Approach to Planning Compliance
https://dublinpeople.com/news/northsidewest/articles/2025/03/19/dublin-airport-fcc-row-march25/ Independent councillor Jimmy Guerin went one step further, dubbing the behaviour of the daa as “Trumpian.” “The daa has publicly pointed the finger at Fingal County Council as the cause of the problem; this is far from acceptable behaviour.” “The daa is not responsible for planning policy, and it is not above planning regulations […]
- RELEASE: IAA Debunks DAA’s Safety Claims
IAA debunks DAA’s “Safety Reasons” claim Ashbourne: 10/March/2025 The Irish Aviation Authority, (IAA) has released their submission in response to An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) September 2024 draft decision on Dublin Airport’s night flights planning application (the so-called Relevant Action). This came in the same week that ANCA, the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority released a letter […]
- Spring 2025 Update
Summary of the north runway fiasco as a new Transport Minister takes office This is not a matter of Planning Permission (“we must wait for ABP”) or planning enforcement (“that’s up to Fingal Local Authority”). This is a matter of corporate governance and responsibility. The failure of Minister Jack Chambers and the officials in the […]
- ABP Confirms flight paths are not compliant with planning permission
The recent draft decision concerning Dublin Airport Authority’s (daa) “relevant action” (RA) focuses on the number of night flights and the operational hours for the north runway. However, a major issue now brought to light by An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) Planning Inspector is daa’s deviation from the originally approved route that was a key aspect […]
- daa refuses to consider flight path solution
Ashbourne: 20/May/2024 After a six month delay, daa CEO Kenny Jacobs has written to the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. In his letter he informed the committee that the daa will not consider a proposal from the North Runway Technical Group (NRTG) to fix the flight paths that have caused over 175,000 breaches of […]
- Notes: daa rejects solution
May 2024 Supplementary info to Press Release Download letter from daa The flight paths presently in operation at Dublin Airport were developed for daa by a section of the Irish Aviation Authority responsible for providing air traffic controller services (IAA-ANSP), now known as AirNav. They are the fourth set of routes used by AirNav for […]
- Sunday Business Post: Complex, complicated and significant
On Thursday 5th October 2023, DAA told the Sunday Business Post newspaper that they are unable to implement our proposal describing it as “not workable” and using the words “complex”, “complicated” and “requiring significant changes” to the procedures. Of course they threw in “SAFETY” to scare off any who might question them. On Sunday 8th […]
- RTE Prime Time: DAA’s “Intended Route”
DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs repeatedly told Miriam O’Callaghan on RTE Prime Time that departing aircraft are following “the intended route”. What he didn’t say was intended by whom and when. DAA was granted planning permission in 2007 to build the north runway. Given the crash in 2008 and its effects on aviation, they delayed construction […]