Dublin retailers suffer from ‘over-enthusiastic clamping’

Retailers in the Dublin suburb of Rathmines say that eager clampers are driving shoppers away
Retailers in the Dublin suburb of Rathmines say that eager clampers are driving shoppers away

Dublin City Council urged to ease restrictions

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30 August 2013

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Calls are being made for Dublin City Council to ease parking restrictions because of what is being dubbed ‘over-enthusiastic clamping’.

Retailers in the Rathmines area of the city claim parking enforcers are making €1,000 a week from one short section of the main street alone.

Tony Greene, a barber on the street, said it is hurting business because customers are so nervous about getting clamped.

"It’s a big problem in Rathmines, it seems to have intensified and we are losing customers at a terrible rate," he said. "They’re coming in from outside the town to do a bit of shopping in the area and they are jumped on by clampers. They are very over-enthusiastic and it’s just a major problem really."

 

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