BETWEEN foreign junkets and travel expenses, councillors have plenty of perks to make their political lives more cushy.
Alas, as this photograph taken by an irate by-passer shows, free on-street parking in the city is not one of them. Rather than pay the €2 to park his car in a disc parking zone in the Mary Street area of the city this Monday afternoon, one Sinn Féin councillor opted to leave a note on his dashboard stating, “This car belongs to Cllr Séighin Ó Ceallaigh”.
Unfortunately, the daring sign did not deter local authority traffic wardens from issuing 22-year-old Cmhlr Ó Ceallaigh with a €40 parking fine.
The onlooker who took the photograph of the poll-topping City East councillor’s car commented, “The audacity of him. It was just so cheeky that he felt he didn’t need a parking disc. I’m delighted he got a ticket.”
In response, Cmhlr Ó Ceallaigh said, “I was actually parked next to the Sinn Féin office on Mary Street. I park my car there every day and was actually at a Council meeting when I got a ticket.”
