Sir, – Mindful of the potential for parking charges to decimate retail areas, Dún Laoghaire harbour has provided free parking for Christmas shoppers, admittedly in a remote part of the harbour. Meanwhile, the rest of the facility was saturated with harbour police, clamps at the ready.
In a similar spirit, the area under local authority control was subject to saturation patrolling by traffic wardens, ticket books at the ready.
Scrooge would have approved. – Yours, etc,