One of the State’s main parking management operators has said it is suspending all clamping until further notice to help alleviate pressure on the public while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Parking management staff are now delivering from pharmacies to elderly customers who are unable to leave their homes due to self-isolation or fears of contracting the virus. “We had a senior management meeting on Monday for planning ahead and decided that morally we don’t need to be clamping right now. “He pointed out that pharmacies would be in difficulty.”The Euro Car Parks company usually works at 200 sites around Dublin, operating car parks for local and public authorities, shopping centres, hospitals, airports, railway stations, supermarkets and retail and leisure parks. Online criticismCriticism is growing online towards clamping operators following images of cars being clamped in hospital car parks.

Source: The Irish Times March 18, 2020 20:03 UTC