Revealed: Cork's top 10 blackspots for parking fines

South Mall is no longer the country’s, or Cork’s, top blackspot for illegally parked motorists to get caught.

A total of 2,884 vehicles were issued with fines for illegal parking on Patrick's Street last year – an annual increase of over 1,100 tickets for the same location. Photo: Eddie O'Hare

Cork's Patrick Street became the parking ticket capital of Ireland last year, racking up almost 2,900 fines for motorists - more than doubling Dublin's biggest offending area.

New figures provided by Cork City Council (table below) reveal 31,859 parking tickets were issued by traffic wardens in the city last year – almost 6,000 more than in 2020.