clampRathmines, Dublin.

Clamp happy.

“Calls are being made for Dublin City Council to ease parking restrictions because of what is being dubbed ‘over-enthusiastic clamping’.”

“Retailers in the Rathmines area of the city claim parking enforcers are making €1,000 a week from one short section of the main street alone.”

Previously: Meanwhile, In Rathmines

‘Over-enthusiastic clamping’ hurting business (Irish Examiner)

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A graphic in today’s New York Daily News.

The raids, if they go ahead, would be aimed at punishing President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and sending him a message rather than wiping out his military capacity and handing the rebels a decisive advantage, they say.

Any Syria strikes will be symbolic, limited: experts (France24)

Obama Weighs ‘Limited’ Strikes Against Syrian Forces (New York Times)

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