MS sufferer taken to prison for unpaid parking fine

A man with multiple sclerosis who displays a disabled driver badge in his car was arrested and taken to Cork Prison in his wheelchair after refusing to pay a €40 parking fine.

MS sufferer taken to prison for unpaid parking fine

David Tyrrell, from Midleton, Co Cork, spent 15 minutes being processed at the jail before being allowed to leave.

He branded the entire process a disgraceful waste of taxpayers’ money, with estimates putting the cost of courts, gardaí, and prison officials’ time on the case at close to €9,000.

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