Dublin motorists were making good use of new parking spaces in a free parking zone marked out on footpaths in Phibsborough on Sunday morning.The direct action, a form of protest, was carried out on the Phibsborough Road where a high level of parking on footpaths is a daily occurrence, including with serial offenders who are allowed to park for free on footpaths.Campaigners were trying to prove an otherwise dry point of lack of enforcement. They ended up causing a case of art imitating life and life copying it back some motorists parked in the awkwardly marked out spaces.Other drivers were finding it hard to stay within the lines and, finally, later in the day, there were more drivers parking on the footpaths than parking spaces.According to social media posts the spaces were marked out with non-perimement materials, paints and chalk.Just before 1pm today, I Bike Dublin, a direct action campaign group, tweeted: The council obviously forgot to mark out these parking bays. I mean, they must be parking bays, right? Because if they werent, we know the council would not continue to let people park there with impunity. #D7CarbageCount #PhibsboroughIllegal parking on Phibsborough Rd is constant, with serial offenders, and there is no enforcement. pic.twitter.com/gHIAoKyCvn Willie White (@williewhite) July 19, 2024https://twitter.com/IBIKEDublin/status/1814993422211551736Calling it what it is. Free Parking Zone #Phibsborough 7 new #D7CarbageCount parking spaces installed today in the absence of any enforcement. Clampers not seen here since 2018 and even then it was citizen clampers because those who are responsible dont do the job! pic.twitter.com/OITywRzT63 Alfred E. Neuman (@Peteer) July 21, 2024