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Car / house alarm - neighbourhood noise

  • 04-11-2011 12:42pm
    #1
    Armag3ddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi everyone!

    Yesterday evening somewhere around here there was a car (or house) alarm ringing for hours. Luckily it stopped at around 11pm. Today the damn thing is on again and just rang for hours again.

    In Germany in such a massive disturbance case you can call the police and they will go and shut the damn thing off. Is this possible in Ireland too? This thing is unnerving like hell.


Comments

  • #2
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    No


  • #3
    Armag3ddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Armag3ddon


    :(


  • #4
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    I would suggest maybe trying to contact the owner and offering to be a keyholder for them, ie: you have the key/codes in case of alarms.


  • #5
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Just a note on this - i used to live next door to a house in Swords, and the landlord lived in Wexford. The tenants moved out and the alarm started going off for days at a time. Not knowing how to contact the owner, I rang the guards who were extremely helpful, contacted the owner and told.him to get up to Dublin to turn off the alarm or they'd prosecute. i don't know how they got his contact details. As an aside the owner was very apologetic and gave me a key and his phone number.


  • #6
    dog with a bone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭dog with a bone


    Wait till their at home and bury the sh*te and tell him next time you will break him up in a big way. They wont ever set their alarm again in case it goes off.
    No messing , job done.


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  • #7
    jblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭jblack


    ^^I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

    Keyholder suggestion is a great first tact. Never thought of that before.


  • #8
    SHOVELLER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    Is there not some law that says alarms can only go off for a maximum of 15 minutes?


  • #9
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    A plan to introduce legislation allowing Gardai a power of entry to turn off alarms was shelved following advice from the Attorney General - something to do with conflicting with rights to privacy or something along those lines IIRC.


  • #10
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    The Environmental Enforcement department of your local council can take action on noise grounds, and now all fitted alarms now have to be compliant with EN 50131 standards and be fitted by a licenced alarm fitter.

    If you see a non-licensed installation in progress - call the PSA http://www.psa.gov.ie


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