No parking in estates for non residents

Is it a private estate i.e roads are not taken in charge by the council?

If not taken in charge then it's not enforceable by traffic warden or Gardai.

Even if a private estate have a rule of no non resident parking, then unless they have the likes of apcoa in to enforce it, it's meaningless.

One of two things happen when a new estate of homes is built.

1. The City or County Council takes them "in charge", which means every item is finished to code by the builder and then the maintenance and overheads such as grass cutting, street lighting and parking control, become a matter for said Council

OR

2. The estate is NOT taken over by the Council, but is managed by the residents, the owners among which, are shareholders in an Owner Management Company under the Multi Unit Development Act. The builder may also remain represented on this OMC for a number of years.

In the former case, the roads are public, and can be parked on by any person, subject to the usual restrictions and due care.

In the latter case, the OMC may do whatever it wishes to control parking in the estate, such as issuing residents permits and clamping or towing anyone who is not there by permission of a resident or agent.

They do not have to post a sign saying that the estate is not in charge, and many public estates do chance their arm and erect "residents parking only" signs, which have zero validity.

Finding out which sort of estate it is, is entirely up to you.

Substantially, but not quite.

Councils often refuse to take green areas in charge and / or refuse to pay for their maintenance. They may arrange maintenance if the residents pay for it.

In some places, they will take the roads, etc. in charge, but not the parking spaces.

Older streets like these are generally "in charge" of the Council.

But to be certain, a phone call to the Roads Maintenance Office of whatever Council area you are in will answer the question for you.

Pretty sure this ONLY occurs where P&D is in place.

We should really have 'Residents Only car parking' streets like is common in many European City's.

The council will only take an estate in charge when requested to do so. Until then, it’s the developer’s to maintain. It won’t be taken in charge until all aspects are up to standard, which is why you often see footpath repairs or similar in older estates etc. There is no time limit, some estates are never taken in charge.

Many housing estates don't have a management company and the developer went bust a long time ago.

So in a council-held estate, where people park on the pavement all the time (which is technically breaking the law, right?) can residents then ring the council to have the car ticketed? There's common sense right (where it is safer to partially park on a path so vehicle can pass on a very narrow road) but there's downright gobsh*tery where people block the path entirely so no wheelchair, walker, stroller can pass without being forced on a road, usually where there is no ramp.

And nobody owns the space in front of their house, but when neighbours constantly take parking space when they have space in front of their own, it's fairly annoying when you have visitors. If they block you getting out of a driveway it is illegal though.

I don't agree with pavement parking, but in some small streets and estates in Galway, it's the difference between access or no access for emergency vehicles if there's fully compliant cars parked on both sides of the road! The streets were not designed with larger cars in mind.

They ring the Garda who will arrive and ticked all the cars parked on the footpath.

Not an expert on this, but management fees would normally be billed for upkeep of common areas. So roads, paths, lights, block insurance if applicable etc. Owners of individual properties are responsible for upkeep of their own properties otherwise.
The risk is say a major sewer leak or problem- if not in charge, the owners are responsible for repairs etc. The council/Irish Water have no liability.
Edited to add, if the developer is gone AWOL or not interested, the owners are stuck with the problem. It happens.

While such things don't necessarily need constant care, over a period of years the costs do add up. For example, light bulbs blow. Traditionally, it was cheaper to systematically replace all the light bulbs on a street every X years, as call-out charges every time a single bulb blew were disproportionate. However, modern LEDs last much longer, so the economics will have changed.

Meanwhile, roads and paths occasionally suffer from potholes, subsidence, etc. and drainage gets blocked.

As above. Typically fees are levied in apartment type developments rather than housing estates, but I’m just pointing out that the developers retain ownership and can bill owners, subject to the small print being in order. There are still a lot of neglected estates all over the country where developers have walked away and there is no one taking responsibility for the common areas. Again, not a problem until something goes wrong.

if the OP just posts a picture of the sign, it will be immediately apparent what the situation is.

It's a pretty sh***y practice to use a housing estate as your work car park, even if it's legal.

Employers claim to be being "green" and encouraging the use of public transport by not providing enough parking spaces.

This BS leads to the problem of parking in housing estates.

I don't disagree with anything you say here. But it needs a big shift in social norms. Not only 'The Authorities' have the opinion of your graphic, but the majority of neighbours. And you are right, nobody gives a s**t when you ring the guards to complain. There is no other safe and legal parking nearby in some cases, so people sometimes choose between blocking the road or blocking the path. Is it right, nope, but just saying that's why people do it, weird social norm that it's become.

Definitely a neighbour who doesn't "quite have a "Blue Badge" (he's from the North LOL!) but it's tiring for him to walk a half mile to park. And he's one of the most considerate of the 'wild parkers'.