Residents say Daa claims about flight paths are 'factually incorrect' 

When the north runway opened, flights immediately began to turn over north Dublin, a practice which continues and which has caused 'great suffering' in local communities, residents say. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Residents in north Dublin have dismissed statements by the head of airport administrator Daa about flight paths over the county as “factually incorrect”, and say his assertion he is meeting residents is “farcical”.

An RTÉ Prime Time special on Tuesday dealt with the issue of flight paths from Dublin Airport’s new north runway diverging over local communities, an issue previously covered by the Irish Examiner, and the fact the airport is apparently consistently in breach of a condition of the runway's planning permission — that there be no more than 65 flights in and out of the airport each night.