Barry Whyte

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217 appearances 6 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Sep

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The Claire Byrne Show · Investigating Ireland’s private clamping industry · 7 Sep 2026 podcast

Claire, good morning.

Yeah, it did.

At around five o'clock one Sunday morning, just a few weeks ago, I woke up where we woke up to a rattling noise and saw somebody beside my car.

I initially thought it was being broken into.

I jumped up in a panic, put on my shoes, but when I got to the front door, it was actually being clamped right outside my front door.

My car was being clamped.

Now I had a valid parking permit, but it had accidentally been displayed the wrong way around.

I showed the permit to the clamp.

Officer there and then and I explained that I lived there, but he still refused to remove the clamp.

I had to pay one hundred and twenty-five euro

And wait almost two hours before it was removed.

Now I had somewhere to be that morning.

I was doing Ireland AM, doing the news review, so it was a bit of a panic.

Um someone eventually came and removed the clamp after two hours.

Now I then appealed straight away and I was refunded eventually.

Uh I got my money back about four or five days later.

But for me this all raised a wider question.

If I could prove I had a valid permit there and then, why was I still required to pay?

So I began examining how private clamping operates, including the level of discretion shown, the financial incentives involved, and how much money is actually m maybe generated by these companies.

Well, the number of vehicles being clamped is certainly rising.

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