Posted online: Dec 14th, 2011

By Grace McMonagle
reporter

GAA fans are up in arms this week after nearly 40 of them were sent parking tickets in the post after the recent Senior League Final.
The fans – hailing from both the Ardara and Naomh Conaill clubs – were issued the €40 fines for parking during the clash at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny on November 12 last.
The motorists were forced to park on the footpaths outside the ground after the huge volume of supporters attending the game meant that the official car park filled up very quickly.
No tickets were actually placed on any car windows on the day, so fans were livid when they received the notifications by post and were quick to bring them to the attention of their respective clubs.
Both have made copies and, in conjunction with the St Eunan’s club in Letterkenny, were hoping to present their case to the local Superintendent this week.
Paul McGovern, ST. Eunan’s P.R.O told the Donegal Post: “Our ground holds more cars than most. I hope it doesn’t discourage fans from travelling to the grounds, I don’t think it will. This type of situation never happened here before so I don’t know why it came around that day.
“Hopefully it won’t happen again. We do however, ask fans to park their cars responsibly when attending games here.”
A senior spokesperson for the club said he didn’t want to make any official comment on the issue but said that they were working on getting the issue sorted.
Another huge swell of South West GAA fans are expected to descend on the venue once again this weekend as Kilcar and Naomh Conaill lock horns in the U21 decider on Sunday. They’ll have to set off earlier than usual if they are to secure one of the elusive spots in the designated car park.