Madam, - I agree with Sophie Franklin (July 7th) that the noise from helicopters is particularly irritating and intrusive. It feels like an invasion of one's personal space, possibly because these inherently noisy machines fly at such a low level.
The occasional mercy dash or Garda unit checking for nude sunbathing would be tolerable, but I have seen or heard a total of 43 flights over this area in the past seven days at intervals of as little as three minutes. I am, as my wife will freely attest, a grumpy old man and this ever-increasing row from the Celtic Tiger is not helping.
Some years ago the Clean Air Act put an end to smoke pollution in Dublin. Perhaps it is time for a Noise Abatement Act to stop audio pollution. Perhaps a TD might like to comment? - Yours, etc,
GERARD PALMER, Taney Rise, Dundrum, Dublin 14.