abandoned car
source: Dun Laoighaire Council
"It should be noted that the abandonement of a vehicle is an indictable offence under the 1996 Waste Management Act with fines of up to €12,700 on prosecution" (ouch!)
Some Local Authorities offer a recycling facility at a nominal cost.
definition under the act
"abandoned", in relation to a vehicle, includes left in such circumstances or for such period that it is reasonable to assume that the vehicle has been abandoned, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.
The 1996 Act does state "it shall be a good defence to prove"
a ) that the act complained of constituted the transfer of control of the vehicle concerned to a person, with his or her consent, at a facility provided by or on behalf of that person for the purpose of the recovery or disposal of vehicles (including a facility referred to in section 38 (3) and that such transfer of control was not effected in contravention of section 32, or
( b ) in case the defendant is the registered owner of the vehicle concerned, that the abandonment of the vehicle was not authorised by him or her.
The conversation with the Authority should have ended the matter, although generally sensitivity is not their strongest suit. Get your friend to confirm that the Local Authority will be taking no further action.