{"id":484354,"date":"2026-06-05T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484354\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:22:10","slug":"woman-fined-e478-for-illegally-parking-in-disabled-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484354\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman fined \u20ac478 for illegally parking in disabled spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Buncrana woman has been ordered to pay a total of \u20ac478 after being convicted of parking in a disabled bay without a valid blue badge.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Kathleen Donaghey, of 21 The Meadows, Buncrana, came before Buncrana District Court recently.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Donaghey did not appear in court to answer the charge, but Judge Emile Daly directed that the matter proceed in her absence after being informed that the summons had been signed for by someone at her home.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution was brought by Donegal County Council, represented by solicitor Kevin McElhinney.<\/p>\n<p>A traffic warden gave evidence to the court, outlining the circumstances of the incident, which occurred on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Lower Main Street, Buncrana.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that at 5.33pm the warden, while on patrol, observed a Toyota Auris parked in a designated disabled bay without a valid disabled parking permit displayed.<\/p>\n<p>A fixed charge penalty notice was issued at the scene and placed under the vehicle\u2019s windscreen wipers, while photographs were also taken as evidence. The court was told that the fine was not subsequently paid.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McElhinney told the court that Ms Donaghey has a previous conviction dating back to September 2023 for a motor tax offence, for which she was fined \u20ac200 and ordered to pay \u20ac138 in costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/ballybofey-woman-caught-drink-driving-gets-two-year-ban-636734\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Ballybofey woman caught drink driving gets two year ban\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ballybofey-woman-caught-drink-driving-gets-two-year-ban.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Ballybofey woman caught drink driving gets two year ban\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/new-television-series-to-be-filmed-about-mcginleys-travel-636791\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"New television series to be filmed about McGinley&#039;s Travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/new-television-series-to-be-filmed-about-mcginley-039-s-travel.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"New television series to be filmed about McGinley's Travel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked by the judge whether that earlier penalty had been paid, the solicitor said he did not have that information available.<\/p>\n<p>In relation to the current matter, the court heard that the final opportunity to settle the fixed charge notice before court proceedings would have been \u20ac300.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Daly noted the evidence and the defendant\u2019s previous conviction before imposing her decision. She fined Ms Donaghey \u20ac340 and also made a costs order of \u20ac138 in favour of Donegal County Council.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Donaghey was given four months to pay the total sum of \u20ac478 arising from the offence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Buncrana woman has been ordered to pay a total of \u20ac478 after being convicted of parking in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-484354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484354","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=484354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}