Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on August 27, 2019, 02:54:53 pm
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A woman in Cork has spoken of her terror after a taxi she was travelling in was attacked by male youths armed with iron bars over the weekend.
Karen, who did not give her full name, told 96FM on Tuesday said she got into a taxi in Cork city centre with her partner at 3.30am on Sunday.
When the taxi approached the Wilton roundabout she said the taxi was attacked by a gang of up to six teenaged males with their heads covered by hoods. She said the attackers appeared to be aged between 14 and 17 years old.
She said the taxi did not stop and when the driver went around the roundabout a second time and it was attacked again with the driver’s window and back window being damaged.
Karen said she did not know why the driver drove around the roundabout a second time as he did not appear to have a dashcam to try and identify those involved.
When the driver then parked the car, a second taxi also stopped and this driver reported the door to her taxi had been damaged by the teens that had “run down Glasheen Road.”
Both taxi drivers then waited for gardaí while Karen and her partner decided to walk home.
“It was a very frightening experience. Wilton generally is a very quiet place. It was very scary.
“I would advise people to be wary of gangs. If I had been driving on my own, I would have crashed.”
The woman said she thought the taxi driver should have brought them home as it was only five minutes away and then he could have gone back to await the gardaí.
The taxi driver also charged them for the journey.
“I shouldn’t have paid him, but I just wanted to go home. He didn’t ask for our details. I don’t remember his details.
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If that was Ken.....he would have sprung into action and they'd all be in traction....and he'd be getting the freedom of the city...Bey!!
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He probably would have took his sling shot out and fired Donut's at them
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Good to see a second driver came to the aid of the first driver .
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Good to see a second driver came to the aid of the first driver .
As the passenger said...why the fuk drive around a second time with pax on board...that was reckless....and then charges them.
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Good to see a second driver came to the aid of the first driver .
As the passenger said...why the fuk drive around a second time with pax on board...that was reckless....and then charges them.
FFS Hal BECAUSE THEIR FROM CORK
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The taxi driver also charged them for the journey.
lol
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https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/gang-which-attacked-taxi-believed-to-be-behind-rampage-through-cork-housing-estates-946573.html (https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/gang-which-attacked-taxi-believed-to-be-behind-rampage-through-cork-housing-estates-946573.html)
Gardaí believe that the gang responsible for attacking a moving taxi with iron bars in Cork at the weekend was also behind a rampage through nearby housing estates during which several parked cars were damaged.
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https://youtu.be/t_Vy_ADJVmg
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If that was Ken.....he would have sprung into action and they'd all be in traction....and he'd be getting the freedom of the city...Bey!!
That is a bit of a Strange One, Wilton is Cork Southside, a very mature respectable area (Doob 4 if you will), no council estates or Shooting gallery's in Wilton, I work it all the time with seldom a problem.
I would imagine if'n I stopped my cab in Wilton then the boys would have run the Fook away, and I would have no fear of them.
Now Knocknaheeny in Cork is a different story, ya don't want ta be going up there at night and if'n ya do, then it's Rooflight off all the way back to civilisation.