Sarah Madden

Now from congestion and potholes, traffic to roadworks, there's a lot to be frustrated with on Irish roads.

But would a universal parking app like the one being rolled out in the UK lessen the pain of at least parking for everyone?

Well, Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports.

You've finally made it to town.

Beating out traffic and road rage, you reach your destination.

But the last hurdle is the worst one for many.

That modern torture device known as parking.

Because all the different apps, it's really frustrating.

Everywhere you go, it's different.

A polka, you know, there's different types of apps for different areas.

And are you avoiding driving as a result of the infrastructure?

Driving and parking is a bit crazy.

Like, I avoid driving into town because of the parking expenses and, like, how expensive it is to be.

Like, you know, you go to all these car parks and it's like, I don't know, like, I remember recently I paid, like, €9 or something for an hour and I'm just like, you know what, you're better off coming in, public transport, you know, save the environment.

I use the apps.

If you don't use the apps, you'll never really have change on you and some of the machines do require change.

And, you know, outside of Dublin...

A lot of the machines are very old and run down.

How have you gotten away with that?

Oh my God, it's very frustrating.