Mannix Flynn said:Over the years many residents and workers have complained to Dublin City Council and public representatives about the unbearable noise levels at certain locations in the city – mainly Grafton Street, Temple Bar, Henry Street and the GPO.
Having tried a voluntary code of conduct with regards performers’ noise levels, the City Council decided it was appropriate to create a series of bylaws to help to manage the public domain more effectively. These bylaws were enacted into law a year ago with a review period that would fix any blaring omissions or further complaints.
The concerns at present mainly relate to amplification and noise levels and a general wish by many residents and workers to ban amplification which, as well as being a nuisance, drowns out acoustic buskers. I am not against busking, but, like the residents and workers in the city centre, I support this ban on amplification.
Busking bylaws. The facts.