MacCurtain Street accounts for nearly half of Cork City's out-of-hours parking tickets

Green Party councillor, Oliver Moran, said there is simply 'no need for footpath parking' on the street given the amount of legal off-street parking bays in the immediate area

Works to redesign the historic MacCurtain St were completed in late 2023. File picture: Dan Linehan

Nearly half of all of the fines issued by Cork City traffic wardens during an ongoing out-of-hours pilot scheme were for parking infringements on MacCurtain Street.

A provision was made in last month's Budget to allow for additional parking enforcement to take place across Cork City on several Sundays and evenings throughout the final months of 2024.