FOI/EIR 25/26-508-Noise Complaints

Breakdown of noise complaints for past five years

Request received 27 January 2026

I am emailing with a request under the FOI Act, 2000. Please could you provide me with the following information broken down by calendar year:  

  1. In each of the past five calendar years, how many noise complaints has your authority received?
  2. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints required formal action to be taken?  
  3. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints concerned amplified music?
  4. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints concerned animal noises (barking dogs etc)
  5. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints concerned DIY/construction (drilling/sawing/hammering etc)
  6. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints concerned general household noise (banging of doors/arguments/shouting)?
  7. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints concerned gatherings/parties?
  8. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints have led to noise abatement notices issued by the council?
  9. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those noise complaints have led to prosecutions by the council? 
  10. In each of the past five calendar years, how many of those prosecutions were successfully prosecuted by the council?

    Responded 3 February 2026

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