Backyard fire - what's the law

The question I have is what is the law regarding lighting fires at the back of your house in a housing estate? My neighbour is doing this and it's awful. I am finding it hard to breathe this evening and my eyes are stinging even though it has stopped a while.
Is it the Gardai I contact or who? Thanks

It's illegal
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...nt_and_recycling/burning_household_waste.html

I would imagine it's your Local Authority who would take an action so maybe contact them in the morning. Is this a once off or a regular occurance?

At the moment it's a one off, however I think it's not going to stay that way due to other things that have happened. I want to be ready to do something about it the minute it happens again as even now I can still smell it off everything and have had to re-wash the clothes on the clothesline. How can people be so insensitive to others?? It just amazes me!

The Environmental section in your local Co.Co. should be your first port of call. Wish you luck if it is happening out of hours

It was just beginning to die out today at around 4 , but even though it was nearly over the smoke was terrible. I was lucky there was no window left open or it would have been even worse. Anyway I guess I'll just have to have to deal with it although I wish I didn't have to

Hi Indiansmoke.
The EPA would be the crowd all right but I think you should just talk to the neighbour first before calling in the cavalry.
Either way it's a difficult situation to be in.

The following extract is from the EPA website :- http://www.epa.ie/waste/householder/burn/#.Vh5dP02FPcs


In September 2009, a law concerning waste disposal by burning came into force. These regulations, the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 (SI No. 286 of 2009) make explicit the offence of disposal of waste by uncontrolled burning and prohibits such disposal within the curtilage of a dwelling.

Failure to comply with these regulations is an offence and fines of up to €3,000 may be imposed.

If your neighbour or someone else you see is illegally burning waste, then in the interest of your own health and the environment, please report the incident to the 24 hour National Environmental Complaints Line, lo-call telephone number 1850 365 121. More information on making environmental complaints can be viewed in our leaflet 'See Something? Say something!'.

Thanks for all the info, at least I'll know what to do.
Sadly I feel sure it will happen again as I've had other 'waste' related problems with these people. Anyway I'll probably go out rather than grin and put up with it.

Can you not just call the fire brigade, and I think there's a call out charge that might make your neighbour think twice. Fires are dangerious so I'd imagine you'd be within your rights calling them out.

But before you do anything, think about world war III.

I have an inlaw who used to do this, on a farm, I think he now buries stuff instead

Bronte said:

Can you not just call the fire brigade, and I think there's a call out charge that might make your neighbour think twice. Fires are dangerious so I'd imagine you'd be within your rights calling them out.

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Insane advice.

If an individual calls out the fire brigade, especially where there is no particular emergency, the council will bill them for the call out charge, which will cost thousands.

call them 999/112 from public call box and don't give your name. then you can't be billed!!

Ravima said:

call them 999/112 from public call box and don't give your name. then you can't be billed!!

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I would imagine it would be fairly difficult to find a phone box these days. Is it true that you could be billed thousands just for calling out the fire brigade?

moneybox said:

Is it true that you could be billed thousands just for calling out the fire brigade?

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Yes. I have a Phonewatch alarm installed. The smoke alarm was faulty. It went off. I turned off alarm. Phonewatch rang to say they had called the Fire Brigade. I told them it was a false alarm, I gave them my password etc. but they wouldn't cancel it. After an argument they did. The engine never left the Fire Station but I got billed €600 at the time (about 6 years ago).

After a big 'discussion' Phonewatch paid the bill as I had not called the brigade and I had not been at fault.

I don't understand how they could send a bill if they never left the station.

Where us Tommy's figure if thousands coming from.

I have an Irish phone chip, how could they bill me if I called from that?

Bill was sent because fire fighters had been called to attend. Call had been logged. According to Fire Service, even though the vehicle hadn't left the station the call was activated and fire fighters had been paged to attend the station.