Mast Protest
dublin |
rights, freedoms and repression |
news report 
Thursday July 26, 2007 23:27
by Iveagh Gardens and photos by Elaine
Three masts erected with no planning permission!
Iveagh Gardens is an housing estate off the Crumlin Road Dublin. In August 2006 it was discovered that not one, not two but three mobile phone masts had been errected for profit on the nearby Guiness Athletic Union grounds. At first it was claimed that these masts did not need planning permission. The Iveagh Gardens Residents association fought this and Dublin City Council asked Meteor,02, and Vodphone and the Guiness Athletic Union to remove these illegal masts. However the mobile phone companies counteracted by seeking retention.
Every Wednesday the residents of Iveagh Gardens have a picket of the GAU grounds to keep the issue fresh. The key question is why small communities have to fight these battles? Who is monitoring public health when there is such a tight placement of mobile phone masts around a residential community of five hundred people?
