{"id":680550,"date":"2026-09-09T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/680550\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:57:27","slug":"apcoa-to-take-over-dublin-city-parking-enforcement-with-towing-and-fines-emphasised-over-clamping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/680550\/","title":{"rendered":"APCOA to take over Dublin city parking enforcement, with towing and fines emphasised over clamping"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN Dublin is set for an overhaul, with greater emphasis on towing and fines.<\/p>\n

The capital will also be divided into six enforcement zones under the new system.<\/p>\n

It comes as Dublin City Council enters into a new parking enforcement contract with company APCOA.<\/p>\n

Dublin\u2019s parking enforcement was previously managed by Dublin Street Parking Services (DPS) which has overseen the service since 2004.<\/p>\n

Green Party councillor and member of the council\u2019s mobility committee Felign Jose told The Journal that while clamping would remain, the new strategy would see a renewed focus on towing and fines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very much a response to a need to keep roadways clear, especially in the city centre, and realising that it is more effective to issue tickets and tow a vehicle than having it in place\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Another key feature of the overhaul is the implementation of a zonal enforcement model, with six zones across the Dublin City Council area.<\/p>\n

At least one enforcement officer will be present in each zone to ensure adequate coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Jason Cullen of the Dublin commuter coalition, this ensures that \u201cthere\u2019s not just a bunch of them within the city centre and that enforcement is widened around the black spots in the county rather than just in the financially viable, financially lucrative ones\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\n The six parking enforcement zones Dublin City Council<\/p>\n

Dublin City Council\n<\/p>\n

Regarding clamping, Cullen told The Journal that Dublin\u2019s outer-city areas are likely to see more clamping under the new zonal system, with an enforcement officer patrolling each area throughout the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Cullen expressed concerns about clamping as an enforcement measure, warning that it \u201ccan leave people in vulnerable positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a clamp goes on your car, you have to foot the bill of \u20ac120 to get it taken off right there and then.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are out of pocket immediately. We\u2019re in the middle of an affordability crisis, \u20ac120 can be the difference for some families not eating,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite concerns over clamping, Cullen stated on the whole \u201cit is welcome change to see a wider level of enforcement\u201d across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He noted that this is needed given the high levels of vehicle obstruction faced by people with accessibility needs.<\/p>\n

Jose believed that the new model was necessary and that \u201cwe absolutely need to see more towing and more fines issued, and overall greater enforcement\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still so many people who are parking on cycle lanes, parking on footpaths, parking on bus lanes and parking in wheelchair spaces\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of lawbreaking when it comes to parking at the minute is staggering\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

The new model will come into effect on 1 November through APCOA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN Dublin is set for an overhaul, with greater emphasis on towing and fines. The capital…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[8221,287949,79,287950,52,784,18,19,17,71365],"class_list":["post-680550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-transport","tag-apcoa","tag-business","tag-clamping","tag-dublin","tag-dublin-city-council","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-parking"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}