Parking fees of €1.20 per hour are to be introduced on Wednesday at Stillorgan Village Shopping Centre in South Dublin, just in time for the busy Christmas shopping period. The UK-owned company, which has operated the Stillorgan car parks for more than two decades, also runs the multistorey underground car park at the Mater hospital in Dublin 7, as well as a car park at the National Convention Centre in Dublin 1. “Too bad they’ve followed the crowd.”The announcement comes days after residents protested plans to introduce car park barriers at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin 15. The application includes a proposal to introduce “car parking management controls” to the multistorey and surface car parks, “including associated barriers”. In 2022, the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in west Dublin introduced charges of €2.50 for the first three hours of parking, after which an hourly rate of €2.50 is in place.
