Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on March 30, 2026, 12:34:49 pm
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As I'm sure many of you know there's a huge problem down in Drogheda with Dublin scum stealing all the work from their discos of a weekend night. Of course they pretend to be waiting for app jobs when the local immigrants challenge their legitimacy but surely the case for county coloured cars (i.e. Blue for Dublin) is stronger than ever?
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i was recently lookin at some old taxi photos. there was a photo of taxis over in castlebar in mayo. they all have CBR before the roof number. there musta been some inter=townal aulwan stuff goin on between westport and ballina etc.
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As I'm sure many of you know there's a huge problem down in Drogheda with Dublin scum stealing all the work from their discos of a weekend night. Of course they pretend to be waiting for app jobs when the local immigrants challenge their legitimacy but surely the case for county coloured cars (i.e. Blue for Dublin) is stronger than ever?
Your at it again, just cos you got a nua Blue car you think everybody should have one !
What about drivers (like yourself) that hold licences in multiple counties ?
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The county with the largest population should determine the colour.
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The county with the largest population should determine the colour.
Remember when the Nu-gents were given MH plates because that was closest to Mosney?
Then they worked above in Dublin because that's where the moolah was.
We complained, so...
The Regulator gave them Dublin plates too. Ya couldn't write it...
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That's when the drawda men were men. They made it clear in no uncertain terms that warning shots behind the left ear were on the cards if the migrants weren't moved off their ranks.
NTA then decided that all Loud/Mead licence holders could have Dublin licences because many drivers from north county Dublin were given Loud/Mead licences on account of their local Garda barracks being in the Loud/Mead Garda district back then. Dates back to when it didn't matter what county your driving licence was issued in as plates were issued by local authorities and the Dublin taximeter area was confined to the area within a 10 mile radius of the GPO.
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That's when the drawda men were men. They made it clear in no uncertain terms that warning shots behind the left ear were on the cards if the migrants weren't moved off their ranks.
NTA then decided that all Loud/Mead licence holders could have Dublin licences because many drivers from north county Dublin were given Loud/Mead licences on account of their local Garda barracks being in the Loud/Mead Garda district back then. Dates back to when it didn't matter what county your driving licence was issued in as plates were issued by local authorities and the Dublin taximeter area was confined to the area within a 10 mile radius of the GPO.
15 miles. It scratched the WW/D border between Shankill and Bray.
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10 miles originally, then extended to 15 miles, then extended nationwide as a maximum permissible charge.
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Rodent I kid you not I think I already posted this .All Ireland Day I pick up a lad from Kerry at Heuston and he Seriously tells me Kerry Is Going to win .its all a set up ."Da ya remember when Dublin was at the winning of all the Allirelands .The busses were two tone Blue now they are Green and Gold " Just Saying Rodent that colour of car could be a conspiricy to control us Taxi Covid sort of thing
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I think Mrs. Catcher was trying to appeal to my OCD in making me pay an extra 7 ton for a blue car... she adopted that condescending tone in suggesting that my car is blue so I drive a blue car... I let her think she won but the new one is a totally different shade of blue!
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I think Mrs. Catcher was trying to appeal to my OCD in making me pay an extra 7 ton for a blue car... she adopted that condescending tone in suggesting that my car is blue so I drive a blue car... I let her think she won but the new one is a totally different shade of blue!
Did Dublin win an All Ireland while you had a Blue Car ?
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More than ever in their entire history... IIRC that slum landlord that made his money preying on the homeless was double jobbing as their manager.
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More than ever in their entire history... IIRC that slum landlord that made his money preying on the homeless was double jobbing as their manager.
Im thinking now that you bought a Blue Car that Sheik Yer Money who races in Blue is going to win the Guinneas .And even Aiden O Brien knows thats why he Pretended to withdraw his horses by making a computer entry mistake .I recon the Kerry man told him about the Bus Conspiricy and Aido probably heard that you bought Blue Car so unless his ponies are running in Blue they are not running .The Good thing beaten on Saturday didnt run in Magners Blue he ran in the Stripey vest and Gastaad also runs in the Stripey vest .You seeing the Rodent Blue Car 2000 Guinnees conspiricy .Dont say I didnt warn ya .
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Would it not be a tad unfair that most county drivers would have to shell out an extra 700 or 800 Euro fer specific colours while Kildare (the Lilywhites) get the white paint fer free ?
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They might already own cars that aren't white. The vast majority of licensed taxis are very old.
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Is this year 2026 the absolute end fer all taxi license extensions ?
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No. They do whatever they want whenever they want... there's no rhyme or reason to any of it.
However, I think most would agree that the time has come to move from the carrot to the stick as far as upgrading the fleet to EVs goes. Making EVs compulsory for taxis from next year with no grant aid is where they should be at, I guess.
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..... However, I think most would agree that the time has come to move from the carrot to the stick as far as upgrading the fleet to EVs goes. Making EVs compulsory for taxis from next year with no grant aid is where they should be at, I guess.
So sez the fella sitting snugly on his Nua Grant Aided 261 BLUE EV ! ::fds
As someone else posted earlier; "I'm allright Jack, pull up the ladder !".
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Jumping into the net at this stage...
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Not at all, Ken. If you look at how quicky the grant aid was snapped up this year it's clear that taximen are sold on the idea of EVs - personally I'm not really, I wouldn't be interested in one at full price - so there's not really any need for further subsidies but the stick might be required for those (like me) who wouldn't be keen on a full price EV. Once it's done in conjunction with lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates with no age/fuel limits for hackney vehicles those who don't want to invest in their business would still have an option to keep themselves ticking over. They could also change the current maximum taximeter fare to a minimum taximeter fare to ensure those who are prepared to invest in providing a premium service are adequately rewarded.
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Not at all, Ken. If you look at how quicky the grant aid was snapped up this year it's clear that taximen are sold on the idea of EVs - personally I'm not really, I wouldn't be interested in one at full price - so there's not really any need for further subsidies but the stick might be required for those (like me) who wouldn't be keen on a full price EV. Once it's done in conjunction with lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates with no age/fuel limits for hackney vehicles those who don't want to invest in their business would still have an option to keep themselves ticking over. They could also change the current maximum taximeter fare to a minimum taximeter fare to ensure those who are prepared to invest in providing a premium service are adequately rewarded.
lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates with no age/fuel limits for hackney vehicles
You nearly manage to shoehorn this sentence into most posts, have you had a stroke? 8)
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They could do it at the stroke of a biro... and they could then introduce a minimum taximeter fare without destroying trade outside of the big cities.
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They could do it at the stroke of a biro... and they could then introduce a minimum taximeter fare without destroying trade outside of the big cities.
You could be on to something there, changing the word Maximum Taxifare to Minimum Taxi fare just might do away with Uber fixed fares and FN's SAVER shite ??
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It'd cost too much work outside of the big cities. I find rural folk like to know the cost of a taxi/hackney up front. Of course taking work away from rural towns will force drivers into cities, for the most part drivers who have happily served their clients with fixed fares as hackneymen both before and since entry liberalisation. It's all great fun while there's loads of money around and the multinationals are heavily subsidising fares but come the next recession men need the ability to set their own fares appropriate to their own work hence the national maximum fare only works as a maximum. If it were a minimum it will only work in the long term in the big cities so that's where the rural men would have to go for work.