The Pat Kenny Show

Colm McCarthy: Nimbyism was born in south county Dublin and spread throughout the country

Awkward silence from Pat

Also Colm: things Colm doesn't like are VERY EXPENSIVE.

Can't be giving people rail or tram services, it's expensive.

Well, at least we are not paying for Newstalk 👍️

No. The Irish meeja has lost the plot with the weather. RTE doing similar stuff.

You really never heard of chainsaw sculpting??

The blanket term for both of which is chainsaw sculpting.

The reason for the original cap was because it was felt there was insufficient public transport links to the airport. Way back when it was Dublin Bus and taxi's and that was about it. Whatever whatabboutery is said now, that was it's original raison d'etre. That is no longer the case.

These councillors come on this and other programmes talking about carbon caps, and noise pollution, but neither were in scope for the original cap. There's a guy I know. Admittedly he's a bit of a prick any way, but he bought a house underneath a flight path, and he bought a yoke for measuring sound levels and was blogging about the noise levels his house experiences. Why did he buy that house? Because it was cheap maybe?

If you are sensitive to the sound of aircraft, don't buy a house near the airport.

mini-rant over.

listening to the PK show this mornand PK interviewing the chair/spokesman for the DAA. I understand that the org representing airlines has applied to the DAA re increasing passenger numbers from 25 to 27 m per annum and the DAA has rejected it.

I do’nt know if the gov appointed the DAA , but if it did I would sack to DAA board on the basis of the above interview . The following came to mind as the interview progressed

(1) who do they think they are

(2) the arrogance of them

(3 we will show them who is boss

(4) we will show them who is in control

(5) it tried to use its importance to force a positive decision on us

(6) the airline group could not be bothered to poles pre- decision meeting with us

So, in summary , sometimes reading between the lines and at times what the spokesman ACTUALLY said the decision to reject was based on personalities and other situations that had nothing to do with the issue at hand.

If the issue was not so important to the Irish economy the interview was a right laugh. From my experience This attitude is quiet prevalent in Ireland from the smallest voluntary group right up to the very top

my apologies , I got my parties mixed up . It was the DAA that applied to Fingal County Council re increasing passenger numbers and it refused the application - saying it was invalid. Did FCC not consider asking. The DAA for ‘more information/ clarification’ etc so as to keep the application ‘ alive’

It is a ridiculous situation where an administrative county council has so much power over a resource as big and important as Dublin Airport.

The garda spy truck - looking down into your car on the N4 driving with a phone "you wouldn't do it during your driving test"

The posh "misinformation" guy is the most annoying regular contributor on the PK show.

Germans at home say  "AHL-dee". So Pat is right. And also "LEE-dl"