Residents in Sandymount say they're fed up of campervans parked along the promenade.
Locals say it's becoming a hygiene issue because of the amount of waste being left behind. They claim people are leaving rubbish in bushes, and pouring wastewater onto the car park tarmac. They say this is being exacerbated by the recent good weather.
David Turner is Chair of the Sandymount and Merrion Road Residents Association. He says the car parks are only meant to be for short term use.
"We just recently engaged with the councillors; lots of people have been raising serious concerns. We want to make the area as nice as possible - and it's not just for residents, but it's for visitors alike as well. These short-term car parks are now getting filled by caravans and trailers for overnights, multi-nights in quite a few cases.''
He added: ''It's preventing the short-term use for which they're intended, it keeps the visitors out [and] there's nowhere else to par. Usually the sink and refuse drain water goes out onto the car park, refuse even goes into the bushes, because there are no facilities.
"Not everybody takes it away, and it's attracting rodents from the beach and rock armour areas - it's starting to become a serious hygiene and health issue, which gets worse as the weather gets warmer".
