Galway City Council is to consider scrapping city parking machines - and moving entirely to its new parking phone app.
A meeting at City Hall last night heard around two-thirds of the machines are now out of order - which is leading to immense public frustration.
They cannot be maintained or serviced due to ongoing legal action against the council, over a competition process for an operator to oversee the machines.
Fianna Fáil Councillor Peter Keane argued it could be time to scrap them altogether - something management confirmed they will be looking into.
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It was also revealed that more than two-thirds of parking payments are now being made through the phone app.
Councillor Keane spoke to David Nevin afterwards.
