Caught Between A Rock And A Car Space

By John Williams

A South Tipperary Local Authority made €100,000 in a year from parking at a well known tourist location where parking charges were not notified before entry.

Cashel Town Council took in 100,000 at the Rock Car park at Bru Boru during 2008. When this writer was there recently there was no signage announcing the €3 exit charge until one entered.

I asked the Council how many times a refund has been requested, if there any plans to make this charge known to visitors before they enter the car park, how long the car park is open and how much was taken in in parking charges by the Council while this situation prevailed.

The Council said the car park has been in use since 2007 and the income for 2008 from this car park was €100,000. No one who paid had asked for a refund . However, I understand several visitors to Bru Boru had commented about the fact that this charge was not made known to them until they had entered the car park.

The Council also said they would install ‘appropriate signage ‘ on the approach to the car park.

UPDATE: The Council now confirm the new signage has been erected on the approach to the carpark. They also say that the income from 2007 was €73,000 euro and point out the car park barrier was not in operation during some months of 2007 due to malfunction of equipment.

Political flyers

We refer to the above,especially with regard to a certain person who we understand is a politician.

Despite telling this person on several occasions we do not want any contact with her her literature continues to soil our letterbox. We have now informed her that if she allows her staff to approach our door again she will be reported to the relevant authorities.

The person is making two assumptions when putting their drivel through our door. First they seem to think we are interested in their updates and secondly they appear under the impresion we would, if we needed to raise an issue, approach them. Wrong both times.