Pinoy adventure wrote: » My mother has received a €150 euro litter fine.what happens once she pays this fine ??? Would the council matter if I payed it on her behalf ??? thanks
athlone573 wrote: » Get a receipt and they'll throw the fine in the bin Ask the council if you can pay it or if they need a bank draft for the exact amount
Pinoy adventure wrote: » Any idea if they take credit card ??? As there is no mention of it on the fine
[Deleted User] wrote: » Yes, they take card.
punisher5112 wrote: » They will take payment off anyone willing to pay on her behalf.
Pinoy adventure wrote: » It's not for a want but I don't want too see her end up in court over a €150 fine.
martingriff wrote: » Does she not want to pay it
Pinoy adventure wrote: » Her response was ''over my dead body '' So I'll look after it.
martingriff wrote: » Ag okay be prepared for a storm when she realised it was paid
Victor wrote: » What does paying the fine mean? Does it result in some form of admission of guilt?
KaneToad wrote: » Is she disputing that she littered? If she's adamant she didn't, she should challenge it.
Pinoy adventure wrote: » Having a spare hour this morning I decided too head too the council office too pay the fine,only too discover it's closed due too Covid ! Now I've too waste more time by calling them too do the payment over the phone !
Victor wrote: » Check the council website. They may have a payment portal.
GerardKeating wrote: » Does she dispute that she littered ?
Uncle Pierre wrote: » This is probably neither here nor there in respect of the OP's post, but I remember once getting a littering fine myself while I lived in Dublin some 20 years ago. It was in respect of a large cardboard box that had my name and address on a label attached. I'd put it out late one night for collection early the following morning, same as I always did with my rubbish/recycling at the time. It was gone the next morning all right, but about two weeks later I received a fine, stating it had been found a couple of streets away. I've always presumed it was moved by some drunken eejits on their way home, who maybe played games with it along the way, or something. I appealed the fine at the time by setting out in writing the circumstances of what had happened. The appeal was denied on the grounds that I was still responsible for it until time of actual collection. I then reluctantly paid the fine.I still don't know what they actually expected me to do. It seems I'd be supposed to either stand guard over it all night, or else get up around 5 a.m. to put stuff out just as the collection lorry was arriving. As I say, probably neither here nor there in respect of the OP, but could be one explanation why the mother is reluctant to pay the fine, if something similar happened to her.
1874 wrote: » only meant to be out from before when they are collecting it.