Limerick ticket cites the wrong district's parking rules

In Limerick, parking rules are set separately by three different Municipal Districts: the Metropolitan District of Limerick (covering Limerick city), Newcastle West Municipal District (covering Abbeyfeale and Newcastle West), and Cappamore-Kilmallock Municipal District (covering Kilmallock). Each district has its own set of bye-laws. If your ticket quotes bye-laws that belong to a different district than the one where you were actually parked, the ticket is defective.

Legal basis

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.36 (bye-law making power); Local Government Act 2001 (Municipal District structure); the named Limerick District bye-laws.

How to identify this in your case

Cross-reference the location of the FCN against the District. E.g. an FCN issued in Kilmallock that cites the Limerick City 2006 Bye-Laws is mismatched.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

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Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

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.

The location of the alleged contravention falls within the [Municipal District]. The bye-law in force in that District is [DISTRICT BYE-LAW NAME AND YEAR]. The FCN cites [WRONG BYE-LAW]. The notice is therefore not in the prescribed form and the alleged offence does not exist under the cited instrument.

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Sources

https://www.limerick.ie/council/services/roads-and-travel/road-bye-laws/parking-bye-laws