Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

1. Secures jobs
2. Increases employment in the area.
3. Adds more revenue to the local economy
4. Stops Dublin losing flights that have gone to UK airports the past few years.
5. More choice and ideally lower priced tickets.
6. Utilises an under utilised parallel runway system.

All of those are valid points but are locals health not to be considered at all? In general I mean - I am aware they were offering the noise insulation scheme for those who were badly affected but as the airport grows and more flights occur the number of those affected negatively will grow as the airport grows.

Maybe our viewpoints differ I'm of the opinion that economics should never come before locals health (within reason). That 'within' reason part seems to have been withered down in recent years and advocates of Dublin airports growth seem to have the opinion that economics trumps health which should never be the case.

PLEASE, can you remove your blinkers - not everyone supporting growth has financial interests in Dublin Airport.

Your one trackedness is now becoming boring.

Whereabouts would a third runway run?

Ireland gets more jobs and tax revenue for the state in aviation from the airlines, airplane maintenance, and the airport staff. 44,000 people are currently directedly employed in aviation, and 140,000 indirectly, generating €9.8bn in economic output as of last year.

Ireland gets more jobs and tax revenue in tourism and hospitality from more workers and tourists visiting and staying in hotels and spending money. 258,000 people currently work in the tourism industry in Ireland, bringing €19.7bn to the country last year, with the vast majority of our tourists arriving via airplane through Dublin.

Ireland gets more connectivity for the people of Ireland flying to other countries to do business, visit friends and family (the country is 23% foreign born now and rising rapidly), and to go on holiday.

And huge driver of the MNC investment, and corporate taxes, that currently power the economy in Ireland is our air connectivity. Having direct, regular, flights to business hubs like SFO, LAX, and JFK is a key factor in Ireland being chosen as an investment location by executives in firms debating their options.

We're an island nation in the North Atlantic, sitting in the ideal position between North America and Europe with strong links to both, with a huge international population. And with short travel time from every major population center on the island to Dublin airport.

All of which means Dublin airport is only going to get more and more traffic as time goes on, its a brilliant success story for the country. The tiny numbers of people living very close to the airport who this bothers would be better off accepting this and moving elsewhere, rather than wasting their time fighting against the incoming tide like Caligula.

"Ireland gets more jobs and tax revenue for the state in aviation from the airlines, airplane maintenance, and the airport staff. 44,000 people are currently directedly employed in aviation, and 140,000 indirectly, generating €9.8bn in economic output as of last year."

And the best part is all this happens with a mostly moderate level of aviation noise over a huge section of north Dublin (where hundreds of thousands of people live), so negatives are mostly acceptable. For now, because of a legal agreement which big business wants to flush, setting a precedent for the whole country where any similar regulations become toilet paper, unleashing who knows what.

But its not all bad news, once our legal system has been made a mockery of we can have a conveyor belt of constant profit maximizing noise over the fastest growing county in the country. (@Podge_irl no its not static, Fingals population is growing). This will greatly benefit some c suite execs, and the occasional … 'aviation enthusiast'.

Tourism and connectivity is obviously going to mostly pass through Dublin since Dublin gets over 90% of the air traffic. Someone above said 50% of the population live within 90 mins drive of Dublin, well Dublin airport already having over 90% of the market more than covers that argument. Dublin airport is a success, it has succeeded, like Dublin. And like Dublin its also sprawling now and sucking up all the potential from the rest of the country. You would think 'as an island' we'd want more good sized airports to help expolit opportunites throughout the country, rather than putting 90% of our eggs in 1 basket. All expansion of Dublin airport goes through Fingal co co's offices, from pipes to wires to roads. So your tide may become more of a stream.

lol you'll have to cpo half of north Dublin.

You've never been to the northside outside of an annual trip to the airport, have you?

I mean I posted the noise map a page back, and explained that Fingal is the fastest growing population center in the country. Still in some peoples minds this is a question of a hamlet sitting off the runway which is complaining. Id be with you if that was the case, but its not.

Aircraft noise at its presently tolerable level is present from Malahide through to Dunboyne, north up to Swords and south to Castleknock. (those are the names of some of north Dublin suburbs btw). A huge section right across north co Dublin.

Speaking of motorways. The M50 had to build noise suppression even though residents had 'bought near a road - what were they expecting'. How are you going to suppress the noise of a constant flow of airliners. DAA has tried to dodge, and fudge and hand wave such concerns but they're not going away.

A cap was agreed, by law. And has been breached. Investors will rightly fear the rug being pulled some years down the road because of DAA's prior shady practices on this issue. Fingal council are unlikely to be quick to help with any planning related to DAA, the health of citizens being of first concern.

Any pressure to push the numbers up is from a few yahoos in the business community. And some plane spotting anoracks. 33 million seats is more than the public needs.

Gosh, You are coming across as very dictatorial. You mention areas growing. I wonder why? The airport is there decades and that doesn’t seem to be deterring the house purchasers.

Do you believe this drivel your posting yourself or are you intentionally trying to wind other users on this thread up? I hope for your own sake it’s the latter. 😬

I could. Absolutely, but no doubt you’d come back with more drivel and it’s been debated numerous times before.

and I asked you earlier today where You lived and is the airport affecting you personally. Seems you only want everything your way. Time to remove myself from this rabid conversation.
I’ll finish my contribution by encouraging more and more passenger growth at Dublin Airport, which has the knock on effect of contributing to the economy, and not let Liverpool Manchester etc benefit from the stupid cap in Dublin.

Over and out.

Why not start Your own thread on the negatives of increasing the numbers in Dublin AirPort? And see how many contributors you generate. I can guarantee you I’ll steer clear of that thread.