Free Parking on Sunday?

Yazz

I heard that theres free parking in the "loading" area on sunday....is it true?
and if it is then would i be able to park on Dawson Street or Merrion Square...??

bazzer

As far as I'm aware, a loading bay becomes a free-for-all outside the hours stated on the accompanying timeplate.

Ham'nd'egger

They are free to be used for parking outside of their noted times for use as a loading bay. By and large, they are Monday-Saturday from 7AM-7PM though not all adhere to these times; check before you park in one first just to be sure:)

Wishbone Ash

Yazz wrote: »

would i be able to park on Dawson Street or Merrion Square...??

The ordinary spaces at the bottom of Kildare Street are free on a Sunday. I use it regularly.

corktina

in my experiance lodaing bays in Cork are for four wheel drive owners to park and do their shopping and for Utility vehicles such as Eircom. They aren't for Goods Vehicles to load and unload in surely?:(:rolleyes:

olewy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

The ordinary spaces at the bottom of Kildare Street are free on a Sunday. I use it regularly.

Hi, besides the above, is anybody aware of other free, cheap or discounted parking on Sundays anywhere not too far (say 5 or 10min walk) from the Trinity College area?

Special Sunday Shopper rates are mentioned here: http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/2/pt/0/spid/AA95A908-2D0A-450F-8D2C7F2CB9CFACBD.htm but I phoned Q-Park (Setanta & Stephen's Green/Royal College of Surgeons) & was quoted their everyday rate of €1 per 15mins :eek: on Sundays! Any ideas welcome.

Aard

I'm fairly sure George's St has free parking on Sundays.

Trampas

olewy wrote: »

I phoned Q-Park (Setanta & Stephen's Green/Royal College of Surgeons) & was quoted their everyday rate of €1 per 15mins :eek: on Sundays! Any ideas welcome.

Only recently I parked in the green for less than an hour on a sat morning. thought no more than €3.

I was like :eek: when it came up €3.60.

Should car park be made display their prices outside the entrance cause sometimes you can't get out after you make the turn and then see the prices

olewy

I think I found my solution:
Dawson St car park, €5 all day sunday, open from 7am to 7pm.
See http://dublin.ratemyarea.com/places/dawson-car-park-15960
Phoned them and confirmed same.

For others searching for parking elsewhere in Dublin you might want to try parkopedia.ie (note: not all of the info is fully accurate however). Happy parking.

Carawaystick

Trampas wrote: »

Only recently I parked in the green for less than an hour on a sat morning. thought no more than €3.

I was like :eek: when it came up €3.60.

Should car park be made display their prices outside the entrance cause sometimes you can't get out after you make the turn and then see the prices

I think all carparks allow you exit for free if you don't agree with their prices.

Anyway from the legal board, a loading bay has to have a plate showing the times it's a loading bay for it to be illegal to park there during those times, else it's free parking.

Victor

Most streets have free parking on a Sunday except for the very core from St. Stephen's Green to Parnell Square and from Eden Quay to Wood Quay and even then its only €1.40 per hour.

http://www.dublincity.ie/RoadsandTraffic/Parking/Documents/rt2851_07b_Parking_Zones_and_Tariffs%5B1%5D.pdf

Carawaystick wrote: »

Anyway from the legal board, a loading bay has to have a plate showing the times it's a loading bay for it to be illegal to park there during those times, else it's free parking.

Not quite. Its always a loading bay, except when the loading bay is limited by times on a sign. No sign listing times / days mean sit is always a loading bat 24 x 7.