Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Bob Shillin on July 18, 2026, 08:01:31 pm
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Anyone know how many now, particularly Dublin? They seem to be ubiquitous.Passed by the SSC Rd mosque last night, and there must have been a kilometre of taxis parked up on both side. Clearly it was prayer time, but apart from that it does seem that numbers are growing. Are they?
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i'm fairly certain it's in the 60000+ roof number range now.
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https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi/statistics-and-legislation/vehicle-licences-statistics/vehicle-licences-statistics-2021-2025/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi/statistics-and-legislation/vehicle-licences-statistics/vehicle-licences-statistics-2021-2025/)
You can have a root around the NTA stats page above but 18.9k vehicle licences in 2021 and 21.1k in 2025. ~2k new vehicle licences nationally in 4 years?
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi/statistics-and-legislation/driver-licences-statistics/driver-licences-statistics-2021-2025/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi/statistics-and-legislation/driver-licences-statistics/driver-licences-statistics-2021-2025/)
Drivers are 25.4k in 2021 up to 27.9k in 2025. So ~2.5k increase nationally over 4 years but most of them are likely to be in Dublin?
We're a dying breed so new blood is needed (imho). Immigrants find it hard to get 'proper' jobs so self-employed taxiing is one option?
(https://i.ibb.co/BK6Mx70J/Taxi-Driver-Age-Profile-2025-1200px.jpg)
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I warned yis .... I did .... yur all unemployed.... not only that but yu are in a war ....
Blue in the face tellin yis fir yers .... yiz havny a fukin clue wats goin on inthe world or wats comin
As johnny said ... an ive said it before .... the most profound 3 words ever written on here wer .... " GER A GUN"
poor cnuts
::sleep
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Unemployed.... it could be worserer than that... we might end up employed! On the other hand it mightn't be as bad as you think.
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The age profile is probably interesting in explaining the apathetic approach to the future of the trade. The majority are clearly beyond the feeding, housing and educating childers phase of life so most likely don't give a flying fuck how long the trade remains viable to younger men. The less new entrants the better as far as incumbents are concerned, I guess.
Bit mad that there's still men over 70 driving cabs... FFS a lot of us aren't allowed use cars over 10 years old and those cars are subject to up to 4 roadworthiness tests per year yet doddery old fuckers are still clogging up the virtual ranks with absolutely no heath checks for drivers.
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Post-retirement, having access to the bus lanes might be worth it depending on where you live.
:P Doubly so if you're stuck at home with the wife. Ranking up at the local shopping centre for a few hours each day could keep you out of court on a murder charge!
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Fair enough but post retirement you have access to bus lanes... on buses, free of charge. There should, at least, be some sort of cognitive and refex tests to pass if an outright compulsory age based retirement requirement is considered agist in our modern PC world.
It seems highly unlikely that the over 70s are going to be out battling with drunken youths in the big cities when/where any perceived shortage of taxis generally occurs so they are of limited use as far as satisfying (perceived) demand is concerned.
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"Bit mad that there's still men over 70 driving cabs." Mmmm, you're right, health, lifestyle, alcohol consumtion, smoking etc. might be more appropriate deciders in who should be diving cabs, at any age.
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Indeed. There should be comprehensive tests for all drivers just like there is for our cars. I guess, as with the cars, that wouldn't necessarily preclude arbitrary age limits on whatever ad hoc bases might make sense to the authorities from time to time.
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Speaking of numbers, 60***+ don’t seem to be searchable on the database
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Fixed.... but licence holders are no longer updated and will be shown as Unknown or with the name of the driver associated with the licence when it was scanned - who may or may not be the plate licence holder - appended with a ? for relatively recently issued plates.
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Big increase with over 70s from 6% to 11 %
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Bigger increase (in percentage terms) in under 30s from 1% to 2%.
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Post-retirement, having access to the bus lanes might be worth it depending on where you live.
:P Doubly so if you're stuck at home with the wife. Ranking up at the local shopping centre for a few hours each day could keep you out of court on a murder charge!
The Omni and Northside shopping centres are cases in point.
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Shopping centres are hard work, to be fair... lot's of lifting/carrying/walking and no luggage fee anymore. On the plus side plenty of exercise for the older drivers, I guess... and untraceable used notes for those who fiddle their taxes.
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Story goes the bookies beside the Omni rank was giving out free coffee and biscuits to their customers but they had to stop after a week because the taxi drivers were eating and drinking everything!
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Story goes the bookies beside the Omni rank was giving out free coffee and biscuits to their customers but they had to stop after a week because the taxi drivers were eating and drinking everything!
The same reason KFC is gone.
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That KFC grub isn't cheap. Tried it in Finglas a while back 'cos the drive through queue for MCDonalds was too long... similar amount of grub cost almost twice as much.
... and I've transported boxes of chicken for them between restaurants on a couple of occasions... once from Northside SC all the way over to Stepaside... needless to say I have no training in handling food and my boot is not refrigerated.
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Speaking of numbers, 60***+ don’t seem to be searchable on the database
Fully fixed now i.e. database includes plate owner details for active plates including those numbered 60,000+
You're welcome!