{"id":146981,"date":"2025-11-18T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/146981\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:11:09","slug":"stillorgan-shopping-centre-introduces-car-parking-fees-before-christmas-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/146981\/","title":{"rendered":"Stillorgan Shopping Centre introduces car parking fees before Christmas \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parking fees of \u20ac1.20 per hour are to be introduced on Wednesday at Stillorgan <\/a>Village Shopping Centre in South Dublin, just in time for the busy Christmas shopping period.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, signs appeared in the centre\u2019s main and overflow car parks, informing customers that pay and display machines will be in operation from Wednesday, November 19th. <\/p>\n

The hourly charge is set at \u20ac1.20 per hour and will be in operation from Monday to Saturday between 9am and 6pm, and on Sundays and Bank Holidays between 12pm and 6pm. <\/p>\n

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The car parks, which are owned along with the shopping centre by US investment giant Kennedy Wilson<\/a>, are operated by private parking company Euro Car Parks Ireland. <\/p>\n

The UK-owned company, which has operated the Stillorgan car parks for more than two decades, also runs the multistorey underground car park at the Mater hospital in Dublin 7, as well as a car park at the National Convention Centre in Dublin 1. <\/p>\n

Kennedy Wilson declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Clamping and vehicle removal will also be in operation at Stillorgan Village, according to the signage, with offenders set to face release fees of \u20ac120 and relocation charges of \u20ac150. <\/p>\n

Locals and customers have taken to social media to vent their frustration over the fees. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the big attractions of going to Stillorgan for some shopping was always the free parking,\u201d one Facebook user posted under a photograph of the signage. \u201cToo bad they\u2019ve followed the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement comes days after residents protested plans to introduce car park barriers at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin 15. <\/p>\n

Locals were reacting to a planning application submitted to Fingal County Council in September by Blanche Retail, a subsidiary of global investment firm Strategic Value Partners, which acquired the shopping centre and car parks in February. <\/p>\n

The application includes a proposal to introduce \u201ccar parking management controls\u201d to the multistorey and surface car parks, \u201cincluding associated barriers\u201d. <\/p>\n

In 2022, the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in west Dublin introduced charges of \u20ac2.50 for the first three hours of parking, after which an hourly rate of \u20ac2.50 is in place. <\/p>\n

At the time, the shopping centre\u2019s manager, US property giant Hines, said the fees were being introduced to grow \u201cnew and more sustainable ways to access Liffey Valley\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parking fees of \u20ac1.20 per hour are to be introduced on Wednesday at Stillorgan Village Shopping Centre in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[83769,72,38798,61,60,83768,43622,83767],"class_list":{"0":"post-146981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-blanchardstown-centre","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-hines","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-kennedy-wilson","14":"tag-liffey-valley","15":"tag-stillorgan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}