{"id":358700,"date":"2026-03-22T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358700\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:25:09","slug":"one-parking-fine-issued-every-other-working-day-on-key-gateway-into-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358700\/","title":{"rendered":"One parking fine issued every other working day on key gateway into Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ONE parking fine was issued on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/230\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">average<\/a> every other working day in a city street, new data has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Information presented to Social Democrats councillor Elisa O\u2019Donovan at this month\u2019s metropolitan meeting shows some 124 parking charges were levied on vehicles parked illegally in O\u2019Connell Avenue last year.<\/p>\n<p>With 250 working days in the year, it means a ticket was slapped on a motor every 48 hours between Monday and Fridays in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2040883\/gardai-warn-of-bogus-tradesmen-knocking-on-limerick-doors-for-criminal-purposes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garda\u00ed warn of \u2018bogus tradesmen\u2019 knocking on Limerick doors for \u2018criminal purposes\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comparatively, traffic wardens did not issue a single ticket last year in Summerville Avenue, located nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Cllr O\u2019Donovan called for a tougher approach to drivers who leave their vehicles in residential areas without paying.<\/p>\n<p>It came after it was revealed last year, some 159 tickets were issued by traffic wardens to cars parked in South Circular Road and Springfield Drive.<\/p>\n<p>She called for council bosses to deploy a high-visibility campaign to address parking enforcement.<\/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":"ONE parking fine was issued on average every other working day in a city street, new data has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,1396,44,14563,43],"class_list":["post-358700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358700","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=358700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}