For Shortall and Lyons, the world may move on but they will be enmeshed in the phoney pretenses of the last century when the people need fourth generation communications to survive personally and economically.

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Re: Planning Issues:  Meteor plan to erect Antennae and Dish no Quarry House

Dear neighbours and friends,

I just wanted to update you all no the Planning Appeal related to the Meteor plan to erect Mobile Phone Antennae and a Satellite Dish on the Quarry House.   Im sorry for the generical nature of this mail-out but the response form the neighbourhood has continued to grow, so it has become difficult for me to keep up with individual personal responses or visits to all those who have expressed interest.

I have received confirmation by letter form An Bord Pleanala that the Appeal I lodged on behalf of a number of concerned residents is being considered.  It is also logged no the ABOP Website Pleanala.ie where it is stated that the Bord expects to make a decision no the Appeal by early August.

The deadline for receipt by the Bord of submissions or observations related to the Appeal is fast approaching.  By my calculations, this coming Friday, 30 April, will actually be te last day for submission, because of the weekend and Public Holiday.  So, if any other neighbours or friends wish to support the original Appeal, that ahs to be done by Friday.

We have, as I mentioned previously, received indications of support for our efforts form Councillor John Lyons and also from Roisin Shortall TD, and both of these have said that they will write to An Bord Pleanala.   They have both also undertaken to get in touch with Dublin City Council to seek clarification, in support of our own enquiry, in relation to the apparent presence on the site of other communications transmission equipment, for which there is no indication of Planning Permission having been granted.

Councillors Bill Tormay and Paul McAuliffe have declined to support our Appeal but both agreed to pursue this latter question with the Planning Enforcement of Dublin City Council.

I have had no substantive response to date from either Minister Pat Carey or Deputy Noel Ahern, but I will let you know if I hear anything.

Likewise, I have yet to receive a reply from Dublin City Council in relation to the queries about the equipment currently on the Quarry House site.

Regards for now,

Thank you for your letter and enclosures regarding mobile phones at the
Quarry House pub on Ballygall Road East, Dublin 11.

I am very interested in your letter of appeal to an Bord Pleanala and the
question of toxicity from radio waves and mobile phone transmission. Having
spend many hours perusing the literature published in peer review journals,
I have failed to turn up one statistically valid study that would lend any
weight to substantiate the worry in communities regarding toxicity from mobile phones or their signal transmission. There are now more than 20 billion mobiles in the world and as yet no evidence of toxicity – no brain or other cancers etc. Localised heating to the ear pinna seems to be the valid
finding. Most school children use mobiles with the consent of their parents
who are certainly not oblivious to the precautionary principle. In
Northwest, there is a big problem regarding poor phone coverage which has
been execerbated by the disingenuous and lazy attitude to scientific rigor
displayed by many public representatives.

The aesthetic appearance of these masts often leaves a lot to be desired.
Some of them look awful. Remember the chaotic spikyness of the tv antennae
across every street in this city pointing at Northern Ireland or Wales to
get tv analogue signals. Those of us old enough to remember the snow on
black and white monochrome tvs can only smile at the magnificence of
technological advance in the past 40 years. From wind-up phones with manual operators to mobile blackberries as you drive,life has been transformed for the better.

If you have information to inform me of my errors on these issues, please
let me know.

Very many people in this constituency have complained to me repeatedly
about the poor mobile phone signal especially in their homes. Many elderly have mobile only now and find it maddeningthat in 2010, they cannot hear their relatives and friends on the phone despite free phone calls with various
packages offered by phone companies. There are black holes all over the
area – Griffith Ave, Mobhi Road, Mellowes Road, Beneavin, Sycamore Road,
parts of Ballymun,santry etc

What do you think should be done to solve these problems?

Best Regards

Bill Tormey