Google fined €450 over illegal parking

Google, which offers panoramic views of nearly every street in Ireland, was brought down to earth yesterday after being summonsed to appear at a court in Co Kerry.

It comes after a Google vehicle, confirmed as a Google Earth or streetview car with a roof-mounted camera, parked illegally on Main St, Castleisland, last September.

Yesterday’s appearance at Castleisland District Court, which now sits in Tralee, was to confirm a €450 contribution pledged before Christmas to the court poor box to avoid a conviction under the road traffic acts.