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Top 10 clamping streets in Dublin
Clamping black spots According to the latest figures obtained by The Irish Times under the Freedom of Information Act, you are more likely to get clamped on Mespil Road, Waterloo Road and Gardiner Street. More than 56,000 vehicles were clamped in the Dublin City Council area last year which equates to an average of 153 a day. All these clamped...
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New Clamping Laws Come Into Effect
New clamping laws came into effect yesterday across Ireland. Motorists are being advised of the new clamping laws based on The Vehicle Clamping Act of 2015 will start today across the country, which will see changes to how cars are clamped and how motorists will be treated. Drivers will now have the chance to appeal if their car has been...
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Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane
Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane this weekend The Paradise City rockers will perform at Slane Castle on Saturday more than 25 years since their first gig there. As a result of the event, a major Garda traffic plan will go into operation this weekend in County Meath. The policing operation will facilitate the...
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Yellow fever: Hundreds of brightly coloured yellow cars descend on idyllic Cotswold village
Hundreds of brightly coloured yellow cars descended on the idyllic Cotswold village of Bilbury in England in support of a pensioner whose vehicle was vandalised because it was considered an 'eyesore' by locals. Peter Maddox was criticised and bullied by posh locals who said his vehicle was a blot on the idyll of Bilbury in Gloucestershire. A row started in...
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Motorists furious after being clamped due to a parking app error
A number of motorists were clamped on Tuesday morning leaving them furious due to an error with the parking app they were using stopped working. The Payzone parking app was upgraded on Monday night but when motorists went to use it before 9am Tuesday morning, they were receiving error messages on the parking application. The service is designed to take...
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Calls for Dublin hospitals to axe parking fees for cancer patients
Calls for Dublin hospitals to axe parking fees for cancer patients Dublin hospitals are being urged by North Inner City Independent Councillor Nial Ring to provide free parking spaces for cancer patients and their families. In December, the Irish Cancer Society reported that patients are paying up to €63 a week in car parking charges. The motion which is to...
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Developers ordered to install car turntables in residential home driveways
Developers in the UK are being ordered to fit £15,000 carturntables in new residential home driveways so motorists don't have to reverse back out onto busy roads. The turntables enable cars to be driven straight into the driveway and then turn 180 degrees so that the car is facing back out onto the road. Some councils are insisting that these...
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Phone app pays people £10 to snitch on illegally parked cars
UK phone app to pay £10 to snitchs A private car park company is offering £10 to users who take photos of illegally parked cars on private land through a new app. Car Park Management has launched an app that automatically produces parking tickets of up to £100. The UK based company runs car parks for the likes of Tesco...
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Car insurance scammers target Christmas shoppers in car parks
Scammers target Christmas shoppers Fraudsters are targeting innocent drivers in car parks who are out Christmas shopping by lodging bogus claims against them. Insurance companies are warning customers to be vigilant as a spike in the scam has been recorded recently especially during the festive season. Aviva sent out the following message to customers by email in which they said,...
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The Irish Cancer Society is calling for free parking for cancer patients
Irish Cancer Society calling for free parking for cancer patients The Irish Cancer Society has appealed to hospitals around Ireland to provide free parking for cancer patients. The charity has revealed that cancer sufferers are spending as much as €63 a week on parking charges at Irish hospitals. They are calling on the HSE to make parking free of...