Pay parking for Co Cork towns as urban councils abolished

Pay parking could be introduced in some Co Cork towns and abolished in others as new municipal districts are scheduled to replace town councils in June.

Councillors elected to the municipal districts in the forthcoming local elections will have the powers to decide on pay parking, a meeting in County Hall was told yesterday.

Acting county manager Declan Daly said municipal districts could get a percentage of pay parking profits to use for local improvement works. However, a number of councillors said they would never vote for the introduction of pay parking, especially in West Cork.