Cars parked illegally by fans attending Sunday's All-Ireland Football Final will be clamped or towed away, Dublin City Council has warned.
The firm that clamp cars for the local authority, DSPS, will be patrolling the area around Croke Park on Sunday. They will also be liaising with gardai about cars that need to be towed away.
The DSPS clamped 120 cars during the weekend of the Kerry versus Dublin football game two weekends ago. And the same "blitz" is expected this Sunday when Galway and Kerry meet in the final.
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In response to a question from Councillor Eimer McCormack, DCC's Chief Executive said: "DSPS will patrol the areas outside the event cordon, where possible, enforcing illegally parked vehicles. They will also liaise with An Garda Siochana directly on vehicles they deem necessary to be removed or enforced both inside and outside the event cordon."
During the weekend of the Kerry versus Dublin game, over 100 fans discovered their cars clamped after parking illegally on footpaths on Griffith Avenue, Grace Park Road and Richmond Road.
A spokeswoman for Dublin City Council said of the "blitz" two weeks ago: "Enforcement was significantly increased in the area to coincide with the matches in Croke Park over the weekend. DSPS completed around 120 Enforcements in the area over the weekend."
Meanwhile, a disability charity praised Dublin City Council for the "enforcement blitz" during last weekend's games. Access for All claimed that the clamping resulted in “not a single car parked illegally” for Sunday's semi-final clash between Dublin and Kerry.
A spokesman for Access for All said: “While we don’t like to see people hit with fines, we would prefer if drivers would stop and think about how their actions impact on people with disabilities. Don’t break the law and end up with a costly fine, please park responsibly."
Previously, Dublin Live reported that over half a million euro was collected by Dublin City Council in clamping fines in the first two months of this year.
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