Waterford ranks high for parking fines since Pandemic, figures show

Waterford Council issued over 9,000 parking fines per capita between January and December 2021, according to the Irish Independent.

In that time, figures show that the local authority issued 9,079 fines per 100,000 population.

This amount is relatively high in comparison to other counties, where figures are available for the period between March 2021 and April 2022. During this time, the local authority in Dublin issued 4,642 parking fines per capita.

The highest number of tickets in this 14 month period were issued in Kerry where there were 10,718 issued per capita. While Cork came in second at 9,498.

The report shows local authorities across the country issued 278,000 fines in total between March 2021 and April 2022, amounting to €11 million.

Waterford is the only county where figures for 2022 couldn't be obtained.

In Leitrim, fines were suspended at the start of the Pandemic and have not yet been reintroduced, while Roscommon doesn't have local authority paid parking.