Gardaí receive nearly 100 complaints over drones

Almost 8,000 drones have been registered here and their use has generated nearly 100 complaints to gardaí. So far there has been one successful prosecution under the Small Unmanned Aircraft (Drones) and Rockets Order, which came into force at the end of 2015.

The new order requires all drones weighing over 1kg to be registered with the Irish Aviation Authority.

Drones are not allowed fly any closer than 5km to an aerodrome and no higher than 122m above ground level. They are banned from flying over urban areas, an assembly of people or in civil or military controlled airspace. As well as registering more than 7,500 drones, the authority has issued special permission licences and pilot certificates.