Ask DCC for the Photos They Took
When Dublin City Council's parking operator issues a ticket, they photograph your vehicle and the alleged offence. You can request those photos as part of your appeal. If the photos do not clearly show the offence — for example, no visible sign, no double yellow lines, no expired ticket, or the wrong number plate — the ticket should not hold up.
Legal basis
Burden of proof rests on the issuing authority; Dublin City Council Parking Control Bye-Laws 2024; standard rules of evidence in District Court.
How to identify this in your case
Any DCC FCN where the contravention is not obvious from the location, time or plate description on the notice.
Sample appeal wording
Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.
Please supply, under the Council's standard FCN-dispute disclosure practice, all photographic and contemporaneous evidence held by DSPS in relation to FCN [ref]. Specifically I request: (a) photographs of the alleged contravention; (b) the warden's notebook entry; (c) any timer/printer logs corroborating the time of issue. In the absence of clear photographic evidence of the alleged contravention I submit the FCN should be cancelled.
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