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  • 02-07-2012 02:58PM
    #1
    RouRouRou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Hello all!

    I was on an InterCity train April last, with a number of friends. We are all students, and I had paid for my Ticket online. Two of my friends bought student tickets, one using my Student Travelcard. (I know I shouldn't have done it.)

    The inspector caught us, obviously, and the two friends had their details taken and we're issued with fines on the spot, given a receipt and 21 days to appeal. I was given a verbal warning from the ticket inspector, and told that if I mis-used my Student Travelcard again I would be liable to a fine or my Travelcard would be revoked.

    So I went and had a weekend in Galway, honestly forgetting about a verbal warning, until today, where a letter arrives for me in the post informing me that my fine has not been paid and I have 10 days to pay €100 or I'll be getting a court summons!

    My question is; who do I contact to try and get this overturned, do I have any chance of getting it overturned, and what should I say?

    Thanks in advance. :)
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  • #2
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    Oh not again, what is it with students.

    You broke the rules, you got caught. Welcome to being an adult take responsibility.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056686549


  • #3
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    looks like youll have to pay..


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,853 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    There should be contact details on the notice, possibly in Pearse Station.

    The alternative would appear to be getting done for fraud.


  • #5
    RouRouRou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭RouRouRou


    Fair enough, thanks folks.


  • #6
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    RouRouRou wrote: »
    The inspector caught us, obviously, and the two friends had their details taken and we're issued with fines on the spot, given a receipt and 21 days to appeal. I was given a verbal warning from the ticket inspector, and told that if I mis-used my Student Travelcard again I would be liable to a fine or my Travelcard would be revoked.

    If as you claim you were given a warning I would not pay any fine!


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  • #7
    AlekSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    If as you claim you were given a warning I would not pay any fine!

    Sterling advice here RouRouRou.....

    And if anything is said about this course of action,you have it here,in writing,from Foggy_Lad SC :D:D:D

    As a matter of interest,what discipline are you studying in ?


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    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



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