CITY COUNCIL APPEALS JUDGE'S RULING ON PARKING FINES

Date Published: 05-Mar-2013

Galway City Council is appealing a district judge’s decision which struck out more than 300 cases of alleged non-payment of parking fines.

At Galway District Court last December, Judge Alan Mitchell struck out 338 summonses relating to alleged parking and road traffic offences.

He had found that the summonses were defective, but the City Council has now appealed the judgement to the High Court.

According to today's Irish Times, defence lawyers for the City Council argue the judge made an error and acted outside of his jurisdiction by striking out the summonses.

Mr Justice Michael Peart returned the matter to late April.