Fines for illegal parking could be abolished under new proposals by the Courts Service.

The Courts Service has said a new initiative giving motorists a further chance to pay a fine for a road traffic offence, rather than go to court, explains a dramatic reduction in speeding convictions.

The number of people being sent to prison has halved in the last three years due to a massive reduction in the jailing of fine defaulters.

Households which ‘excessively use’ or waste water will be given a year to reduce their consumption before they face being fined, under plans to be approved by Cabinet tomorrow.

Library users will no longer be required to pay fines on overdue books.

A new bill aims to fine people who buy illicit goods on the black market.

16 motorists accused of dodging M50 tolls were hit with fines totalling €174,000 today.

More than 2,000 fines, worth around €400,000, have been paid under a new instalment system created to avoid jailing fine defaulters.

Dublin Street parking services has suggested doubling the clamp fine if you have been clamped two or three times in the previous 12 months.

The number of fine defaulters being jailed has halved in the first three months of this year, according to official figures.

A third of the value of fines imposed by the courts over the last six years has not been recovered, as yet.

Thousands of notices to appear in court for the non-payment of fines will be issued soon as part of new legislation to crackdown on defaulters.

The number of people being jailed for failing to pay court fines has fallen by around 1,000 following the introduction of laws aimed at effectively eliminating the sanction, writes Cormac O’Keefe, Irish Examiner reporter.

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $264.4m in fines to US federal authorities over claims it bribed Chinese officials.

Five truckmakers — Daimler, DAF, Iveco, MAN and Volvo-Renault — have agreed to pay EU regulators a record €2.93bn in fines for fixing truck prices over 14 years.

Income at the Companies Office has fallen as more companies avoided fines by filing on time.

Drivers are set to be given the option of paying a double fine to avoid a court appearance in penalty point cases under government plans.

An Garda Síochána say it is carrying out a review of prosecutions relating to fixed charge offences, after it emerged that some drivers were fined multiple times for having no NCT certificate.

The country’s communications watchdog has called for an increase in the level of financial penalties that can be imposed on companies for breaching industry regulations.

A new report has found we need to treble our energy efficiency efforts if we are to avoid fines of up €130m.

Kerry and Donegal have had their proposed €7,500 fines reduced to €5,000 following a Central Hearings Committee (CHC) meeting in Croke Park on Wednesday night.

The head of Volkswagen's employee council has said he hopes US authorities will consider the potential fallout on jobs as they mull what fines to impose on the company over its emissions-rigging scandal.

Kerry and Donegal are braced for the prospect of €5,000 fines and retrospective bans arising from Sunday’s melee-marred Division 1 game in Austin Stack Park.

have been urged to fine General Election hopefuls who flout the law by putting up campaign posters before the poll is called.

The Tánaiste Joan Burton has said the fines issued to Mick Wallace and Clare Daly should have been deducted from their wages.

UEFA has fined the Scottish Football Association €20,000 following several disturbances.

The Central Bank has imposed a fine of €5 million on Irish Nationwide Building Society for multiple breaches of financial services law and regulation.

New payment systems will be put in place by the end of the year that will “effectively eliminate” jail time for fine defaulters — almost six years after laws inaugurating the shift were enacted.

Cyclists face on-the-spot fines of €40 from the end of the month for seven traffic offences.