Gardaí refuse to issue car tax fines

Gardaí will refuse to issue fines for motor tax offences from today as part of a ratcheting up of their pay row with the Government.

Legally, gardaí have discretion on whether or not to issue fines for minor road offences, namely in relation to tax and illegal parking.

More than 36,000 fines for failure to display a tax disk are paid on average every year, generating over €2m for the State.