DAA has lodged an application to amend what it calls 'two onerous planning conditions' that are due to apply to the operation of the new North Runway and the overall runway system at Dublin Airport when North Runway begins operations.
The current conditions would limit the use of North Runway between 11pm and 7am and also place an overall limit of 65 aircraft movements across the entire airport during those hours.
Neighbours of the airport say that the conditions are crucial to preserve their quality of life but the daa argues that if the conditions are not changed, they would 'significantly affect the operation of the airport and its key airline customers and would damage the entire Irish economy'.