Liffey valley to start charging for parking

I ve seen drivers leaving the car parks without paying. They tailgate another car exiting the barrier.

I couldn't be arsed getting public transport to LV. Why would I? It takes 5-10mins to drive so fuel costs are negligible and if all 4 of us were going, why would I pay that amount there and back for public transport when fuel and parking would cost less?

No thanks

As the parent of a teenager with no car the option for them to take a bus instead of a lift is very welcome 😉

If it happens to me and I cop it I will crawl out in the hopes it stops the tailgater or better still barrier comes down on the clowns car

Iconnect now gone from Liffey Valley. not surprise though, that end is totally dead now. Only reason Next is there, is for the online returns as the rest of the shop is dead.

They shutdown all their shops, all online now

The shop told us they were all going, Dundrum one gone also.

Have to say the an post service is very good, just go to the website and they collect it the next day no matter how many bags. The previous courier system was a disaster.

I loved tasting the different coffee's in Liffey valley before I bought them, but online does have a better selection

On principle I haven’t gone to LV since they introduced the charges . They want the business so they should be welcoming shoppers , not penalising them. It’s not as if LV is anything special compared to for example Blanchardstown which is free parking

Was there on Saturday to collect a takeaway, you've 15 minutes to get in and out for free, but I didn't take in to account there would be a queue to get out. I won't be bothering again. Talk about making the whole experience unpleasant.

Tolls never bothered me before LV introduced the charges and they don’t bother me now . What bothers me is a company already making a tonne of money deciding to be tight and soak their customers for parking fees. It’s not about the money . Considering the relatively close proximity of both centres I would have thought it was an obvious comparison. Sounds like a lot of people are voting with their feet judging from the comments about lack of footfall and closing stores , not just me , tolls are not . There is a back road for anyone wishing to avoid tolls if they know their way around and want to avoid tolls or the M50 traffic . I never had any issues with traffic around Blanchardstown as again local knowledge provides many alternative ways in and out . LV on the other hand at times has very bad congestion due to the barriers

I'd also like to know about this tunnel or how I can avoid Lucan Village which is a permanent traffic jam nowadays in order to avoid the M50

Most people I know have stopped using Liffey Valley for this reason, and as such the surrounding retail shops, Tesco, B & Q, restaurants, because they are not already at Liffey Valley for something else.

As LV SC is unusual among Irish shopping centres not to have a mainstream supermarket, most shoppers won't be weighed down by half a dozen grocery bags or need a trolley so walking from the retail park to the SC with a few clothes or gift bags isn't too demanding. If you can afford to do all your weekly grocery shopping in M&S food hall, then a couple of euro for parking won't be a deterrent.

Has the retail park or Tesco carpark gotten strict about non shoppers parking there?

Absolutely hopping today not too surprising with the rain, the tonne of things going on around dublin cc etc.

Went to cinema so free parking had a lunch and some shopping all good.

a little secret - in many cases the clamped cars belong to car park staff or staff of one of the stores. Clamped with permission and used very much as a visual deterrent.

Not a new idea either. I used manage stores in UK & Irish shopping centers and same tactic was used especially if a carpark was near a transport route. They will always in be fairly visual locations.

However if you see a car clamped in the middle of a row of other cars and not overly obvious if you are driving past, then its likely to be a genuine clamp

I talked to a guy clamped, he paid €120 to get it removed.

Over at The Range?

Not yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if one is brought in eventually.

I think @Cienciano was referring to the Tesco car park?

I took the retail park to mean over by The Range, Currys, Harry Corry etc.

Oops, my mistake. I see their other post now.

Granted, last time I was there was a few weeks ago, so maybe signs have gone up there too? As I said, it wouldn't be unexpected.

Golden Discs was a pop up shop for Christmas last year , might be back in the run up to Christmas this year if there is a spare unit

Golden Discs was one of the very few reasons we went to LV, my daughter loved it as it stocked a wide variety of K-Pop imports. (She is big into K-Pop). Haven't been to LV since it closed.

Health store went bust. All stores were closed

No, Health Store as in Health Store who had 10 branches in Ireland and owned by GNC and were way overpriced.

Actually thinking if it now I think I did hear something about some Wells company alright but kind of skipped over it as had no idea what it was. Thought it was a medical company or something.