Liffey Valley Introducing Parking Charges

veryangryman

Some cute hoors. Pretending that it is being done to encourage Public Transport and the likes.

Money grabbing

gmisk

It's been coming for a while.

I feel sorry for the staff who look like they have to pay a serious chunk of cash to park at work.

Tallaght are also bringing in paid parking soon.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590663#Comment_119590663

Would they not be subsised by their employers? Fair miserable if not

Gouging.

elperello

Online sellers to make a killing.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591025#Comment_119591025

Slightly I think 4 euro a day was mentioned...so adds up quickly!

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591025#Comment_119591025

Why? My employer doesn't pay for my parking.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591218#Comment_119591218

Unlucky

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591202#Comment_119591202

Ouch

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591218#Comment_119591218

In fairness Liffey valley has been open for a long time and never charged up until now I would say seen as a small perk of the job.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119592384#Comment_119592384

An unofficial perk, which are always at risk of being whipped at any time.

Tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in this country don't have free car parking at their workplace. It's absolutely a lovely Brucie Bonus if you happen to have it, but it's not a right. If I take my car to work I've to pay the guts of 40 quid a day for the pleasure. Even the bus in and out costs me more than the €4 a day mentioned above for the LV staff.

veryangryman

Its an out of town place. Parking charges aren't really a done thing outside of the notions shopping centres outside the city. Nobody lives anywhere near the LV centre so any reasonable sized shopping there requires 4 wheels.

Yet another reason not to live anywhere Dublin if avoidable. God bless work from home

witchgirl26

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119592474#Comment_119592474

Em did you miss the giant housing estates right beside Liffey Valley? On the left as you head towards the m50 from the Penneys car park?

In terms of the charges - at least the one in The Square in Tallaght is only €1 for 3 hours which isn't too bad at all. Liffey Valley is a bit much so don't think I'll be going there unless no other choice now.

iamwhoiam

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119592474#Comment_119592474

What ? Its surrounded by housing estates ?

iamwhoiam

I drove around in circles there yesterday looking for the exit

Washout

Why arent the food places or boots kicking up a fuss about this? Im sure there are tons of ppl who go there at lunch time. alot of them will stop going if they have to pay an extra 2:50.

It should have been 1 hour free parking +2 hours validated parking + charge the long term parkers after the 3 hours

iamwhoiam

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119595993#Comment_119595993

Or M and S . I often order clothes online and fly in to M and S to collect them .

veryangryman

I'm reminded of that tune

If you tolerate this your children will be next

mcgragger

I'll never use it again.

**** shopping centre anyway

Doodah7

Ridiculous. I would often nip up at lunchtime for half an hour. Not any more. Of course the interminable roadworks around there hasn’t helped. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THEM???

In any event, the other retail park (with Argos, The Range etc.) will be packed once the charges go in across the road - putting those shops at a disadvantage as their customers won’t be able to find parking.

Pure greed.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591025#Comment_119591025

Why should employers subsidise their better off employees? Where’s the subsidy for those who walk or cycle or take the bus?

easygoing39

Only loser's take the bus.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947316#Comment_119947316

What a sadass question

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947396#Comment_119947396

Hope you have the cojones to tell all the part time minimum wage retail staff in LV that they’re losers as they serve you.

easygoing39

I won't get the chance, as I will no longer be shopping in Liffey Valley due to the parking charge's

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947701#Comment_119947701

Make sure you don’t shop in Dundrum (old or new centres), Frascati, Pavilion, Whitewater or any of the many other centres with paid parking.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947412#Comment_119947412

Because you’re one of the better off ones who expects employers to subsidise their travel choices presumably?

davetherave

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947316#Comment_119947316

Cycle to Work scheme that the employer agrees to be a part of, or the Taxsaver leap card scheme that the employer agrees to be a part of?

Doodah7

I haven't been to LV since they introduced their charges and I know several other people who have taken the same attitude. Of course I will go there but not at the frequency of before and therefore won't be spending the same amount of money there as heretofore.

I would reckon the tenants will be having hard conversations with the landlord in the new year when they see the drop in sales volumes over the next month.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947781#Comment_119947781

Jesus you're a very bitter person. It's odd behaviour

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947890#Comment_119947890

If it seems odd to you, that's because you've grown up surrounded by a car-centric culture, where the needs and priorities of private motorists are put above everyone else's needs. That's how we've trebled the number of private cars on the road over a generation, with very modest spending on public transport over that time. Other countries have been aware of the impact of 'free' parking in creating this car-centric culture for years now; https://www.amazon.com/High-Cost-Free-Parking-Updated/dp/193236496X

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947800#Comment_119947800

Neither of those subsidies come from the employer. The subsidies come from the State.