Kilkenny County Council has undertaken a major review of parking management in Kilkenny City. This is the first review in over a decade and has been undertaken to address concerns raised regarding availability of public parking in Kilkenny City. 

 

This review considered issues highlighted to Kilkenny Municipal District as listed below

■ To improve availability of parking

■ To manage car parking more efficiently

■ To provide for greater availability of accessible bays

■ To ensure loading bays are available for loading/unloading of goods

■ To facilitate greater access to parking for local residents

■ To resolve safety issues associated with on-street queuing for car parks

■ To promote greater use of sustainable transport modes

The following measures have been adopted by Kilkenny Municipal District to resolve the above issues and to ensure an equitable parking system that caters for residents, visitors and the continued economic viability of Kilkenny City Centre.

These measure will be effective from Monday, 15th January, 2024

Measure	Purpose
Amend Parking Charges	A new parking charge regime is being introduced that will be more equitable and improve availability of public parking spaces. See table of new parking charges regime.
Prevent illegal parking in Loading Bays	To ensure adequate loading facilities are available to cater for local businesses
Facilitate Set Down only on High Street. Parking of private vehicles prohibited between 8am - 7pm Set Down only areas are to facilitate passengers being dropped off after which the vehicle moves on	This is to continue to facilitate people being dropped of on High Street while ensuring greater availability of loading bays for delivery of goods.
Provide time limit on stay in some accessible bays	To ensure greater availability of accessible bays to permit holders

New On-Street Parking Charges effective from Monday 15th January, 2024 (Note: there is no free period during hours of operation)

Hours/Days of operation – 8am to 7pm (Mon – Sat)

Short Stay (Core) €2/hour charged in 15-minute segments (i.e. 50c/15 mins), max stay 1 hour	Short Stay (Outside Core) €1/hour charged in 30-minute segments (i.e. 50c/30 mins), max stay 2 hours	Medium Stay €1/hour charged in 30-minute segments (i.e. 50c/30 mins), no max stay duration	Park Magic €5/day
Bateman Quay	Castle Road	Ballybought Street (south side)	Rioch Street
Friary Street	Dean Street	Barrack Street	Stephen Street
James Green	Irishtown	Blackmill Street	Park Magic €2/day
James’s Street	John’s Green	Castlecomer Road	Ballybought Street (north side)
John Street		Dominic Street	Dublin Road (part of)
Patrick Street Lower		Dublin Road (part of)	Gaol Road (part of)
The Parade		Father Hayden Road	Jacob Street (north side)
		Gaol Road (part of)	New Street (part of)
		Gas House Lane	Vicar Street
		Greensbridge Street	Walkin Street (part of)
		Haughney Green
		Jacob Street (south side)
		Kickham Street
		Maudlin Street
		Michael Street
		New Street (part of)
		Ormonde Road
		Parnell Street
		Patrick Street Upper
		Penneyfeather Lane
		Walkin Street (part of)
		William Street
		Wolfe Tone Street

Kilkenny County Council will be reviewing Parking Bye-Laws and will consider other areas that can benefit from effective and efficient management of parking. 

New Parking Charges effective from Monday 15th January, 2024 Barriered Car Parks

Hours/Days of Operation – 8am to 6pm (Mon-Sat) Except for Market Yard & Friary Street–8am to 6pm (Mon – Sun)

Short Stay €2/hour charged in 15-minute segments (i.e. 50c/15 mins), first 15 minutes free	Medium Stay €1/hour charged in 30-minute segments (i.e. 50c/30 mins), first 30 minutes free, max charge €5/day	Long Stay Not applicable
Friary Street	Fair Green
Market Yard
St. Mary’s

New Parking Charges effective from Monday 15th January, 2024 Non-Barriered Car Parks

Hours/Days of Operation – 8am to 6pm (Mon – Sat)

Short Stay €1/hour charged in 30-minute segments (i.e. 50c/30 mins), max stay 2 hours	Medium Stay €1/hour charged in 30-minute segments (i.e. 50c/30 mins), max charge €5/day	Long Stay 50c/hour, max charge €3/day
Horsebarrack Lane	Abbey Square	Fair Green
	Abbey Square (on-street)	St. Canice’s
	Carnegie Library
	Dean Street
	John’s Quay (on-street)
	Wolfe Tone Street