Parking meters targeted with 3,000 cases of money stolen

Around 3,000 suspected cases of money being stolen from parking meters have been recorded in Dublin City in the past three years.

The city council has confirmed it has received an average of three reports daily of interference with a parking meter since 2013.

The local authority also revealed it has spent €3.57m on repairs and maintenance to the equipment over the same period. There are over 1,000 parking meters in the area controlled by Dublin City Council.