Galway City — Do NOT Pay Before Appeal Outcome
Galway City Council's published rule: 'payment of a ticket prior to the outcome of an appeal will render the appeal void. In such cases, no refund will be issued.' This means a paid fine cannot be refunded even on a meritorious appeal. The defence is the converse: where Galway claims you 'paid' but you did not pay the FCN (e.g. you paid a different ticket or your bank made a duplicate transfer), demand evidence of payment attribution.
Legal basis
Galway City Council published parking-fines procedure.
How to identify this in your case
Galway City FCN where the Council closes the appeal on the basis of supposed payment, but you can show no such payment was made (bank statement / receipt).
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