Chris_5339762 wrote: » Sorry for the rant in advance. Thank you very much to the farmer who, this morning decided to start up a crow banger in the field next to us. 730am on Easter Sunday morning. Thats the height of absolute "I couldn't care less about anyone else". The cynical part of me says that it was done today because there is no-one to complain to. Every 30 seconds, BANG. FFS. And the crows aren't going anywhere. Legally I know there is nothing I can do. Guards won't give a hoot, the EPA will say its a county council matter and the county council will say its an EPA matter. The field is rented by the owner so who knows who actually put the crow banger there. Hopefully it'll be gone in a few days but c'mon. Easter Sunday.
TooOldBoots wrote: » have a look at this https://www.threshold.ie/assets/files/pdf/noiseregs.pdf Basically you need to talk to him about it first, then if he doesn't do something about it skip the EPA and go directly to the district court. If you win your case you can then sue him for damages after. So put a price on your lack of sleep, ruined Easter weekend etc the more the better, you could take him out for north of 10k easily enough.
Donald Trump wrote: » It's hardly justification for a shake down now is it? One morning. At a reasonable time. If it was running overnight for weeks then he'd have a point. The pigeons would be long out by half seven. The man is only trying to grow his crop. Plenty of people moan about trying to buy local food. People shouldn't move into a rural area if they don't like rural noises or smells etc.
Markcheese wrote: » Pigeons don't do early mornings - or weekends actually- they're a strictly 9 to 5 bird... Crows though are more diligent - early starts - bank holiday weekends no bother to a crow ... Always hustling - In saying that if the banger Is right next to your house - and going off constantly - it could well get on your tits - It shouldn't be for much longer - once the seedlings are above a certain size the crowd won't bother anymore -
TooOldBoots wrote: » This is an artificial sound, well over ambient levels. I suggested the OP talk to the farmer first, any reasonable man would not want to have something causing a stress on other people. If they can't see that, a judge will soon enlighten them. As for people living in rural areas, it's a free country the last time I checked. The countryside is not the sole preserve of just the farmers. There are more non farming folk liking in rural areas than farmers, you'd do well to remember that.
Donald Trump wrote: » Yeah it's a free country. But don't buy a house beside the airport and expect to garner a lot of support if you then turn around when you are surprised to find that you can hear airplanes after moving in - and you decide that you want to have a campaign to close it! Don't buy an apartment in Templebar and be surprised when you find out that the local businesses stay open past 8pm. It was one morning. Man was woken up at 7:30pm. And people are advising him to take the farmer to court to get a handy 10k. The farmer might be breaking his balls for the guts of a year to try to have that in his pocket. 7:30am is a reasonable time. And it would only be for a few weeks. He can learn to put up with it. It's probably a little bang every 20 or 30 minutes.
richie123 wrote: » Doubt its every 30 seconds ...I've a crow banger and its impossible set it to less than 10 minutes Unfortunately the farmer probably has no choice..a lot of damage can be done if something isn't done.
Stihl waters wrote: » It's a bit of a shìtty thing to do on a Sunday of a bank holiday weekend, anyone that thought that's acceptable has either zero cop on or is a bit of an arse hole, he could have delayed it a couple of days, if this was the first morning it's a dickish thing to do
TooOldBoots wrote: » There's never a reasonable time to be putting other folk under such stress, and to think different is just an ignorant mans view. As I said, try to speak with the farmer first, a reasonable man would not do this to other people, If he will not be reasonable take him to court and let him learn an expensive lesson. If you live beside an Airport then you have triple glazed windows and more than likely the house is not on flight paths. As an aside residents have taken action against airports in the past and won their case. Try putting a crow banger up in an apartment block and see how well you get on there, you'll find yourself on the wrong side of a lot of people who may not bother with the courts to sort you out. Plenty people living in the countryside who are second, third and fourth generation and not farmers. Countryside is full of one off houses built on sites that farmers cashed in from. You seem to have a hatred for those people which is not good
lab man wrote: » Do u think the birds know it's a sunday think about that when your buying your milk and cereal for your breakfast you can then think the grass to make milk was grown between 8 am and 6 pm get with it the op is in the countryside that farmer was probably up since 5
Chris_5339762 wrote: » It is I'm afraid. I've counted it. Every 30 seconds from 730am (when it first woke me up) until about 11am when it stopped. So its on a timer. Its not the end of the world but 730am on Easter Sunday (with a sick parent in the house) is the height of dickishness. I wouldn't start a petrol chainsaw at 730am on Easter Sunday.
Mimon wrote: » His rights to keep his crops/grass safe doesn't supersede other peoples rights to reasonable right to peace and quiet. Selfish to think otherwise. Maybe people in the house are up earlier than the farmer most mornings to get to work and they have a right to sleep longer on their days off. Farmers don't have a monopoly on being be up early and working hard. Strawman argument
ruwithme wrote: » Only some weeks back i posted on the forum about a old crow banger here from years past that still works if ever needed. I do take her out of the shed once every few years,usually after dark & see if she's still firing. In the dead of night,there's some crack off her.every dog in the wider area hears it for sure. It's the mischief in me i suppose has me doing it in the dead of night. The dogs firing up after the 1st bang gives me a good laugh anyway. No i don't leave her banging all night. Just a couple of goes.(maybe 3)due to be done again some night soon.
Dinzee Conlee wrote: » What’s your definition of reasonable in this case Two? What’s a reasonable way of keeping vermin away from the crop? What if the farmer has tried other options to keep crows away, but no good? Those crow bangers are annoying, but I guess that’s the idea of them...As far as I know, they aren’t illegal? I must say I don’t like the idea of people objecting to farming jobs if they don’t like the noise or smells... Someone posted up a video a while back from the uk, of a lad mowing a field at 10pm and a load of residents out giving out that it was too late for such work... That’s ridiculous - and I wouldn’t like to see the same happen here... OP - I would say talk to the farmer, and see what can be done...
TooOldBoots wrote: » If his only option is to torment people with a crow banger then he would be better off finding something else to do. No one has the right to torment people. Why should anyone put up with noise or smells? It's a form of pollution. Industry has had to clean up it's act over the years, do you think it would be tolerated if a factory was pumping out bad odour and noise? Why bother putting on a silencer on a lorry so. If you think it's legal to have a nuisance noise or smell then you need to get some Education for yourself.
wrangler wrote: » I gave permission to people to build down a private road and have regretted it ever since. some people don't deserve respect or consideration. It's lovely to see the Scottish countryside where no one's allowed build,
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