{"id":207374,"date":"2025-12-23T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207374\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:25:07","slug":"hundreds-pay-over-and-above-street-parking-fees-for-illegally-parking-in-limerick-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207374\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds pay over and above street parking fees for illegally parking in Limerick City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GARDA\u00cd from Henry Street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/463\/crime-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">garda<\/a> station have seen a significant rise in events policing this year, which is bringing more concerts and festivals to the city in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were additional garda\u00ed on the beat between 10am and 8pm and the community engagement van also gave a higher visibility for garda presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1974277\/revenue-deals-major-blow-to-crime-gangs-amid-significant-drugs-seizure-at-shannon-airport.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Revenue deals major blow to crime gangs amid significant drugs seizure at Shannon Airport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was also an enhanced garda team in the historical quarter, with more garda\u00ed on patrol in Nicholas Street and surrounding areas near King John&#8217;s Castle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While people working or shopping in the city have been safer with many crimes decreasing, many drivers have also ignored street parking fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 22 days, garda\u00ed issued 203 fixed charge notices for illegal parking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the city, it costs just \u20ac0.25 to park for 15 minutes and \u20ac2 to park for two hours &#8211; failing to pay this could result in a \u20ac40 parking fine, which doubles if it remains unpaid within 28 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garda searches have gone up by 43% and drugs detected for sale or supply were up 29%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thefts from a person are down 26%, while there has been a 17% reduction in assaults causing harm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have also been 44% less burglaries and 18% less thefts from shops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Andrew Lacey wished all city centre traders, vintners and stakeholders \u201ca happy, safe and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GARDA\u00cd from Henry Street garda station have seen a significant rise in events policing this year, which is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[45,93,61,60,1396,44],"class_list":["post-207374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207374","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=207374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}