Hi -
Attempting to drive into the Porters Gate estate by Clonsilla Station yesterday morning, I was flagged down by a Garda who asked me if I was a resident of the estate. When I explained I was dropping my child at a creche therein, I was brusquely told "I expect to see you coming back out shortly then." Evidently this is an unusually heavyhanded attempt to address the problem of inconsiderate parking in the estate but do the Gardai have powers to arbitrarily prevent public access to entire estates purely for parking reasons ?
Attempting to drive into the Porters Gate estate by Clonsilla Station yesterday morning, I was flagged down by a Garda who asked me if I was a resident of the estate. When I explained I was dropping my child at a creche therein, I was brusquely told "I expect to see you coming back out shortly then." Evidently this is an unusually heavyhanded attempt to address the problem of inconsiderate parking in the estate but do the Gardai have powers to arbitrarily prevent public access to entire estates purely for parking reasons ?