U-turn on cards for parking charges in Kilkenny

Members of the Kilkenny City Municipal District may be set to do a u-turn on controversial recent changes to parking, with the exception of one councillor who voted against the new charges last May.

In a notice of motion before this Friday’s meeting of Kilkenny City Municipal District, the city councillors are calling for a number of amendments to be made to the new parking charges including the restoration of 15 minutes of free parking that was removed when the current parking charges were introduced in January.

City councillors voted in favour of the current parking charges last May, with Cllr David Fitzgerald voting against them.