"No Stairway! Denied!"
Posted on 03/29/2023 6:23:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Kerry County Council enforcement officers are to be equipped with sound monitors to test the sound levels of street singers, under new bylaws adopted by councilors this morning in Killarney.
They will also decide on the quality of the music under the terms of the bylaws.
The regulations had been out for public consultation and just two submissions had been received, both from An Garda Síochána. Gardaí had asked the council what “mechanism” would be in place to measure sound levels, especially where businesses and residents complained.
They also wanted to know who would keep track of the two-hour limit on performances.
Enforcement of the bylaws will be by both gardaí and the council.
Monotony, vulgar songs, and anti-American comments have caused concern in the town in recent years.
Now, street performers in Killarney are to be banned from using offensive language, and singing the same song over and over. […]
There are to be no performances outside designated areas, and busking cannot begin before 11 am.
The new noise limit is 80 decibels. …
(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...
We need laws like that for rap
Christmas in Killarney with all of the folks at home.
Sounds like a test run for the Big Brother audio surveillance system.
I have a CD of Irish-language rap. Are the lyrics offensive? Hard to say - I’d like to see the warning sticker on that one.
I hope the street urchins dont form an Irish Resistsnce Action group.
Finally!
Harrumph.
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