{
  "id": 7740925,
  "title": "‘I was distraught’: Motorists share clamping stories as Dublin moves to new ‘tow and fine’ regime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/i-was-distraught-motorists-share-clamping-stories-as-dublin-moves-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Irish Times",
    "slug": "the-irish-times",
    "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/09/16/i-was-distraught-motorists-share-clamping-stories-as-dublin-moves-to-new-tow-and-fine-regime/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Readers share stories of crying in their cars, having reasonable appeals refused, and how clamping changed their behaviour",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}