Clampers out in force as capital’s blackspot revealed

Dublin’s Merrion Square West has retained its status as the capital’s top clamping blackspot for catching motorists without valid parking tickets.

Motorists are more likely to have their vehicle clamped on Merrion Square West — a popular parking location for visitors to the National Gallery, the Natural History Museum, and Dáil Éireann — than anywhere else in the city.

A total of 735 cars were clamped on Merrion Square West last year — an increase of 38 on the same location in 2013.