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Grafton Street

A Dublin City Council van was clamped on Grafton Street today

Whoops.

IMG_20150108_142153181 Dylan McDonald Dylan McDonald

YOU WOULD THINK that if you worked for Dublin City Council, parking while on the job wouldn’t be an issue.

You would be wrong. Parking Services don’t care who you are, as the driver of this Waste Services van found out this afternoon.

When he parked on Grafton Street, no mercy was shown and he was clamped.

Dublin City Council told us that nobody gets a free pass, but did not say who pays the fee.

Read: Are clampers allowed park illegally?

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