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Park The Charges

Victory... minister confirms axing of parking fees plan

On-street parking plans for 30 Northern Ireland towns have been officially axed by a Stormont minister.

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28 Northern Ireland car parks shift from free to fee

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U-turn on street parking charges

Saturday, 10 September 2011

The Department for Regional Development will not be introducing controversial parking charges in 30 Northern Ireland towns.
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Decision on town parking fees delayed

Saturday, 9 July 2011

A long-awaited announcement on the introduction of controversial parking charges in 30 towns and cities will not be made until after the summer, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
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Traders hopeful of U-turn on parking fees

Thursday, 9 June 2011

The new Regional Development Minister has been left in "no doubt" about the depth of opposition to on-street parking charges, traders have said.
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Parking charges plan faces axe

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Business leaders are expecting good news about the scrapping of plans for controversial on-street parking charges when they meet the Roads Minister today.
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Minister receives parking fees petition

Friday, 3 June 2011

The Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has said he will listen to all views on plans to introduce on-street car parking charges and hopes to make an announcement in July.
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Decision to scrap car parking fees hailed

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Retailers across Northern Ireland have praised the new Regional Development Minister’s decision to scrap controversial plans to introduce car parking charges.
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UUP to scrap car parking charges plan

Monday, 16 May 2011

Controversial plans to introduce car parking charges in 30 towns across Northern Ireland are expected to be scrapped by the new Minister for Regional Development.
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Parties join on-street parking fees campaign

Friday, 22 April 2011

Leaders from almost all of Northern Ireland's main political parties have thrown their weight behind the Belfast Telegraph’s campaign to scrap controversial on-street parking charges.
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30 towns oppose parking fees

Thursday, 21 April 2011

On-street parking charges should be an “election issue” retailers have said.
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Traders to meet over parking fees plan

Friday, 15 April 2011

Plans to introduce on-street parking charges have been branded a “tax on shopping” by angry traders.

Parking fee plan not set in stone, insists minister

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Proposals for controversial on-street parking charges are not set in stone, the Roads Minister has told traders.
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Town traders are up in arms over parking levy plans, so why won’t you talk to us Mr Murphy?

Friday, 1 April 2011

Conor Murphy is refusing to answer questions from the Belfast Telegraph on controversial new plans to introduce on-street car parking charges across Northern Ireland.
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Small traders who are backing our drive against the proposed charges

Thursday, 31 March 2011

1. Ballymoney
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We'll pay while civil servants won't have to worry

Thursday, 31 March 2011

While the DRD wants to charge shoppers to park in towns across Northern Ireland, its employees can take advantage of free parking at its headquarters in Belfast city centre,
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Why we're saying no to new town parking fees

Thursday, 31 March 2011

On-street car parking charges will be the final nail in the coffin of Northern Ireland's flagging high street, traders have warned.
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