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Using a megaphone in public

  • 27-09-2017 10:07PM
    #1
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,333 ✭✭✭


    Are there any restrictions on the use of megaphone in public? You often see preachers and demonstrators using them. Are there specific noise limits? How would a Garda decide if these limits were exceeded if he didn't happen to have some kind of noise measurement thingy.

    Can a Garda just go up to a person who is using a megaphone and order him to stop ?


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,782 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Potentially, if someone was doing it so loud and for so long that they are a nuisance, then yes a Garda could intervene. It would be context dependent - a hospital at 2am versus middle of a field.

    Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 probably deals with it. Planning and Development Acts may deal with other noise.


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