Residents near Dublin airport take  legal challenge over scrapping of 32 million passenger cap

Legal challenge — taken by the St Margaret’s/The Ward residents was brought before Justice Richard Humphreys on Monday at the High Court.

Dublin Airport administrator Daa faces legal proceedings calling for its 32 million person passenger cap to be enforced, one day before a bill aimed at scrapping the cap is to be brought before the Oireachtas.

The legal challenge — taken by the St Margaret’s/The Ward residents’ (SMTW) grouping under Section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 — was brought before Justice Richard Humphreys on Monday at the High Court.