Airport seeks removal of runway restrictions

The construction of Dublin Airport’s proposed €320m second runway may yet run into difficulty despite yesterday being given the green light.

Planning permission for the runway, which the Dublun Airport Authority (DAA) predicts would deliver significant economic benefits for the country as well as facilitating the airport’s growth, was granted in 2007 with 31 conditions attached — two of which the DAA is looking to have lifted.

The two contested conditions would render the second runway unusable from 11pm to 7am and restrict the average number of takeoffs and landings to 65 between the same hours.