Tempers flared a little at last week's county council meeting on the subject of parking charges. Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Sheehan called for the immediate abandonment of parking charges in town centres across the county for the duration of Level 5 lockdown, similar to what we had in the initial lockdown.
Director of Services Eamonn Hore said that, the initial abandonment of parking charges was called for by the Taoiseach. He said there had been no such call this time and 'at the moment, we're not considering it'.
Cllr Sheehan wasn't happy with this though and formally proposed to abandon parking charges, a call seconded by party colleague Cllr Lisa McDonald.