There has been a call for motorists to be issued with penalty points if they park in cycling lanes.

A marked police car in England was issued with a parking ticket while attending an emergency call.

Transport chiefs in Cork city have ruled out the reintroduction of towing to tackle persistent illegal parking in bus or bike lanes.

Confused tourists in a Cork town have been trying to pay for free parking in a novel fashion - through a public loo.

Motorists in Dublin city centre are being warned that the cost of on-street parking is set for an increase.

Additional car and bus parking to cater for the large numbers of visitors to Muckross House, a protected area one of the southwest’s most popular tourist attractions in the 10,000-hectare Killarney National Park has been given the go-ahead.

Dublin City Councillors have approved a proposal to increase parking charges in the city.

The cost of street parking in Dublin is set to rise significantly.

Major changes to the traffic system in Cork city centre, including a partial ban on cars on St Patrick’s Street, resulted in a sharp drop in the number of motorists fined for illegal parking in the city last year.

Having recently travelled to Dublin by train, my first such journey in years, I couldn’t help but notice the article by Joe Leogue (Irish Examiner 16-1-19) concerning the recent sharp rise in car clamping at Cork’s Kent Station.

Parking is one of the biggest turns offs when planning a shopping trip; where will you park, and if you find a spot how long can you stay and how much will it cost?

Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed that the department is introducing a cap on hospital parking charges in 2019.

Hospital car parking charges could be capped at €10 a day.

There will be no increase in commercial rates or parking charges in Cork City next year under city council budget proposals due to be discussed tonight.

Cork City Council is introducing free late-night parking in the city centre in a bid to attract more shoppers into the city following the Patrick's Street car ban.

It could cost you more to park your car in Dublin city centre from next summer.

A disagreement over parking spaces led to a man using black spray paint to cover over freshly-laid lines and numbers in what a Judge ruled was a case of criminal damage.

Protesting residents have managed to stop the introduction of pay and display parking on their street in Dublin.

The company behind the app which lets drivers pay for street parking in Dublin says anyone clamped while its service was down earlier should contact it directly.

A building facilities company has been told planning permission needs to be obtained for it to continue using the grounds of a GAA club in Cork city as a car park for its staff.

GAA fans who park illegally or dangerously while attending the under 21 Munster hurling final clash in Cork's Pairc Ui Chaoimh tonight will face fines and penalty points.

Ireland’s worst serial parking offender has run up fines of more than €55,000 after failing to pay 919 tickets.

A national review of hospital parking charges by the HSE is expected to be completed by the summer.

The Government has announced a review of parking charges at hospitals around the country.

The number of motorists caught parking illegally in Cork city fell by 4.2% last year, although the South Mall remains the country’s top blackspot for catching illegally parked motorists.

Free parking on the streets of Limerick in the run up to Christmas has been cancelled.

A free pre-Christmas parking scheme is being introduced in Cork City earlier this year in a bid to boost trade.

Incentives for motorists such as free parking and using bus lanes should be considered to improve electric car sales, which has seen just 500 new registrations out of more than 90,000 this year.

Kerry is open for business and tourism but there are issues around parking, traffic, dog fouling, and rubbish, writes Anne Lucey

The number of cars using Cork’s main off-street parking options has plummeted by more than 15,000 since parking charges were hiked.

Cork City Council staff have been availing of 120 free parking spaces on a first-come-first-served basis at Navigation House on Albert Quay since the sale of the former council property to development firm O’Callaghan Properties in 2008.

It is hard enough to cope with the worry of having a sick family member or loved one in hospital without the added stress of exorbitant car parking charges while visiting.

Extended pay-parking times due to come into effect in a busy part of Cork City next week have been slated, writes Eoin English.

Extended pay-parking times due to come into effect in a busy part of Cork City next week have been slated.

Calls have been made to open Cork’s park and ride facility during big sporting events to minimise parking chaos in the city.