A group of concerned residents in the village say the area is 'rapidly transforming before their eyes'.

Residents want indicative roads removed from the airport master-plan because they say the roads will directly effect their their lives and are designed to serve the runway and terminal which may yet not go ahead.

Adrienne McDonnell, spokesperson for the group, said: Residents are at a loss as to how the DAA can justify the application for a second terminal when it is unclear if the second runway is to go ahread or not.

She continued: 'These are all being treated as separate projects when in reality they will merge to serve one big master plan for Dublin Airport.

'Some residents feel the area is being remoulded without meaningful consultation by Fingal County Council with locals, into what is, referred to as 'option 2' on the South Fingal Fringe study.

The study outlines option two as basically changing the area to no longer having its traditional rural look and feel; the spokesperson said.

'It seems St Margaret's is being eroded by industrialisation of its surrounding green space - an example of which is the new DHL and Easons buildings at the Dublin Airport Logistics Park on St Margaret's Road, where many new roads have appeared over the past six months to facilitate obvious future development:

St Margaret's Concerned Residents are made up of individuual households who believe they are directly under threat of losing their homes and livelihoods from the proposed runway and western expansion of Dublin Airport.

The DAA said the expansion of the airport is vital for its economic future and that of the region. The company said building T2 and the second runway is essential to cope with future passenger demands.

The company has a compensaation scheme for those directly affected by the expansion plans but some St Margaret's residents have complained the scheme is 'divisive'.