Residents of Fairview, Dublin, prevented work from continuing in their area last night after two days of late-night roadworks.
One man who lives on Cadogan Road said residents were furious about late-night roadworks and came out on to their street last night to prevent further noise.
On Monday and Tuesday night he said there were roadworks until 2.30 a.m. and gardai were called on Tuesday night.
"The houses were shaking it was that bad," he said.
A spokeswoman for NTL said last night that the company was carrying out work on the road which was part of the sale agreement between Eircom and Cablelink before Cablelink was bought by NTL.
She said NTL had permission from Dublin Corporation to carry out roadworks between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. in the area. She said a truck had broken down in the area and the company had apologised to the residents for the noise. She said it had not come to her attention that road works had continued until 2.30 a.m.
Dublin Corporation confirmed there was no authorisation to drill past 11 p.m. A spokesman said that an inspector was being sent down last night to investigate the complaint. He said the inspector would also be talking to the Garda.