Cork parking pressures fuel tensions between neighbours and spark calls to convert green spaces

Rising car ownership and adult children remaining in the family home are intensifying parking pressures in Cork housing estates, prompting fresh calls to convert some green spaces into parking areas

A councillor said the opening of the Macroom bypass had led to a noticeable increase in visitors and shoppers to the town and claimed that many of them were spending long periods driving around in search of a parking space. Picture: Dan Linehan

Growing parking shortages are fuelling tensions between neighbours in Cork housing estates and prompting renewed calls to convert some green spaces into parking areas.

Councillors say the problem is being driven by increasing car ownership and the growing number of adult children remaining in the family home because they cannot afford to move out.