Calls for on-the-spot parking fines raise

LIMERICK City Council yesterday called for an increase in on-the-spot parking fines which are set nationally at €19.

Director of services for transport, John Breen, said the fine at present was not a sufficient deterrent.

He said: “If a person tears up a parking ticket and throws it on the ground that person is liable to a €125 on the spot fine for litter.”