Keep their heads ringing

For whom the bells toll...

A Senglea resident has filed a judicial protest in which she complained about the “intolerable and unbearable” chimes let out by the clock in the parish church’s belfry every quarter of an hour.

...Ms Spiteri filed the protest, in the First Hall of the Civil Court, against the church’s Archpriest Joe Grech, Archbishop Paul Cremona, the chairman of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, the Environment Minister, and Joanna Drake as the head of representation of the European Commission.

...Ms Spiteri elaborated that she had appointed engineer Albert Sacco to examine the sound intensity of the chimes. He reported that the average sound levels in the Senglea square ought to be between 53 and 60 decibels. This was exceeded by 25 to 30 decibels whenever the clock struck.

...In the protest Ms Spiteri argued that the loud chimes were in breach of the EU directive on noise levels according to which Malta ought to have established noise strategic maps by June last year.

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I remember spending a weekend in Gozo last year where the church bells would start ringing at about 5am, would ring every 15 mins and simply wouldn't stop. That shit drives you insane.

With regards to the jesus-freak comment-posters under the timesofmalta article, one shouldn't have to soundproof his house for anyone, kappillan included.