I live near the entrance to the Grand Canal Basin where the Viking Spash Tour "Ducks" enter the canal for the water part of their tour. Their waterways licence requires them to put their lifejackets on before they enter the gates of the basin and to remove them after they leave - therefore they park outside our apartments and on our cobblelock every day. As the tours are as frequent as every 1/2 hour from 9 to 6/7 daily their parking outside our apartments adds up. Each Duck spends approx. 5 mins before and after their dip into the Grand Canal basin – sometimes longer at busy times. They are big noisy vehicles, and add to that the shouting and cheering of the drivers and passengers as well as the fact that they are oblivious to the fact that they regularly block entry and exit to our private parking.
While I understand tourists and locals love the tour they are causing great annoyance to us as residents - a number of individuals have contacted Viking Spash Tours directly but to no avail.
Can anyone advise me as to who I should contact in an attempt to deal with this - I assume they must have a licence to run such an operation but I can't find any information about it. So basically I'm looking for advice as to whether I should be contacting local politicians, the guards or Dublin City Council - any advice would be appreciated.
While I understand tourists and locals love the tour they are causing great annoyance to us as residents - a number of individuals have contacted Viking Spash Tours directly but to no avail.
Can anyone advise me as to who I should contact in an attempt to deal with this - I assume they must have a licence to run such an operation but I can't find any information about it. So basically I'm looking for advice as to whether I should be contacting local politicians, the guards or Dublin City Council - any advice would be appreciated.