Demands for ban oncamper van parking

A local authority is seeking to ban motor homes and camper vans from parking overnight in non-designated public areas.

The practice of “wild camping” is “illegal” and detrimental to the economic survival of registered caravan sites, councillors in Lismore and Dungarvan, Co Waterford have warned.

At a municipal district council, Pat Nugent strongly protested that 30 to 40 camper vans had “blocked up” the Lookout car park — a scenic spot overlooking Dungarvan Harbour — during the recent Seán Kelly cycle tour of Munster.