Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Belker on August 04, 2026, 02:51:03 pm
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I have a DAP pick up coming up on a Thursday morning at 9.30am, can any sane member give me a heads-up on what the M50 traffic will be like at that time ?
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It's pretty heavy all the time but esp bad after 3pm. Just take it calm and easy and you'll be alright.
Be careful if you pop into McDonalds/CircleK on the edge of the airport grounds. Taxis try to hang around there and get clamped if left unattended. Not sure what you do if you're legit going into either so I tend to avoid both.
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I have a DAP pick up coming up on a Thursday morning at 9.30am, can any sane member give me a heads-up on what the M50 traffic will be like at that time ?
Sane ? I havnt met it yet ...
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i've always been a night driver so i was totally ignorant that the m50 is a carpark during the day. i got roped in to a day trip a while back. a neighbour wanted a lift from swords to some where around the red cow hotel. about 4pm it was. i said lovely. 30 mins there. 30 mins back and i'll be home in time for stargate sg-1. bumper to bumper all the way there and all the way back.
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Nothing is guaranteed on the M50. One accident and you're gonna be late so leave a little early and have a nap in the airport if you're too early.
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If you've time to kill give me a ring and you can buy me a coffee!
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Thanks fer your replies Watty, DMG, MFH and Stephen, it seems that I should be OK'ish traffic-wise fer a 9.30am pick-up.
It's fer me Mum as usual, still going strong at 85 on her way home from her hollibops in the USA, and as it's me Mum she still gets the 10% Family Taxi discount !
I'm taking it that the zone/area 18 to Taxi park is still available, can anyone confirm this ?
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can she not fly in to cork airport kenner?
does cork airport only accept mickey mouse flights?
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It obviously wasn't yesterday then!
You have to pay a tenner to use Zone 18. My permit expired last month and I decided not to renew it. In the year that I held it I only used it 3 times for Uber follow on jobs, all of which came in one week - I had one offer before that week which I couldn't take 'cos I had no permit hence I bought one but have had no such offers since. The total fares for the 3 jobs I completed was slightly under €250 so the tenner effectively added 4% commission... although for two of those jobs the barrier was up and no payment/permit was required.
Just use the short term car park if you're going in to the terminal building to collect your mummy... if you fumble around looking for your bank card as you approach the exit chances are your mummy will hand you hers to settle the €3 parking fee on exit.... and you might want to mention that getting stuck in traffic left you with no time for breakfast so she'll know to stop off at the butchers close to home. If you're not going into the terminal building just meet her at the arrivals drop off... Arrivals door 2 for T1 or on the bend near the pedestrian crossing for T2 works well.
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Hope you got yer ma home in one piece ken. My ma had a fall last week out her back garden. Shes 87. 3 stiches in the hand. Shes brand new now though. Cherish them while you can. Off to a funeral tomorrow, me mates da. Its endless.
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It obviously wasn't yesterday then!
You have to pay a tenner to use Zone 18. My permit expired last month and I decided not to renew it. In the year that I held it I only used it 3 times for Uber follow on jobs, all of which came in one week - I had one offer before that week which I couldn't take 'cos I had no permit hence I bought one but have had no such offers since. The total fares for the 3 jobs I completed was slightly under €250 so the tenner effectively added 4% commission... although for two of those jobs the barrier was up and no payment/permit was required.
Just use the short term car park if you're going in to the terminal building to collect your mummy... if you fumble around looking for your bank card as you approach the exit chances are your mummy will hand you hers to settle the €3 parking fee on exit.... and you might want to mention that getting stuck in traffic left you with no time for breakfast so she'll know to stop off at the butchers close to home. If you're not going into the terminal building just meet her at the arrivals drop off... Arrivals door 2 for T1 or on the bend near the pedestrian crossing for T2 works well.
It will be Thurs 20th, I reckon i'll just take a chance again on zone 18, it has worked well the past few years. I always go in and up the T2 steps to meet her.
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can she not fly in to cork airport kenner?
does cork airport only accept mickey mouse flights?
She's on the Charlotte (Carolina) flight to JFK and then a 2nd flight to Dublin.
And Yes AFAIK Cork only gets the shorter flights.
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Hope you got yer ma home in one piece ken. My ma had a fall last week out her back garden. Shes 87. 3 stiches in the hand. Shes brand new now though. Cherish them while you can. Off to a funeral tomorrow, me mates da. Its endless.
Sorry to hear of your Ma's misfortune Horse, we all gotta be more careful as we push on.
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Do you have a Zone 18 permit, Ken?
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@ Belker - this is the wrong end of the M50 for you. You won't have to drive by this J12 junction. You'll be doing J7 --> J1 or similar.
Eight teenagers and one man injured following M50 crash (https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0809/1587132-m50-crash/)
Nine people have been injured following a two-car collision on the M50 in Dublin. The incident happened southbound at Junction 12, Firhouse, at 5.30am. Gardaí say eight male teenagers were in one of the cars, which was driving down the up ramp at Junction 12 when it collided head-on with a car. They have been brought to different hospitals for treatment and one of them is in a critical condition. The driver of the other car, a man in his 20s, is being treated for serious injuries.
The section of the M50 from Junction 12 to Junction 11 southbound is closed while a technical examination takes place and local diversions are in place.
There was an ambulance outside one of my elderly neighbours last night. It sickens me that she might have been denied or delayed treatment while these f*ckers got ahead of her in the queue... >:D
Looks like 2 little cars as well! Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)
(https://www.rte.ie/images/0024d140-800.jpg)
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You have to do Windsor to Buckingham Palace after 14 pints of Ale washed down with a bottle of Scotch and arrive awake to get the Duke of Edinburgh award.
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Do you have a Zone 18 permit, Ken?
No, the past few years I have just used zone 18 and paid the fee to get out, but in previous years it was always on the Bank holiday monday at 5am.
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Interesting... if you do that and get away with it this year let me know. I guess it makes sense from DAAs perspective to ignore the permit "requirement" to keep things moving.
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I pick up there
I've no pass
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Nice one. I got a Bolt job from zone 18 today immediately after dropping at T2 so took a chance on it. Only difference with not having the permit is that you have to press the button for a ticket to get in and use the ticket to get out... Fee is the same i.e. €3.
However, Bolt doesn't separate the car park fee from the fare the way it does for tolls so you end up paying commission on the €3 you add to the fare hence you need to add an extra 40c (it only accepts fares in 20c increments) to cover yourself.
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@ Belker - this is the wrong end of the M50 for you. You won't have to drive by this J12 junction. You'll be doing J7 --> J1 or similar.
Eight teenagers and one man injured following M50 crash (https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0809/1587132-m50-crash/)
Nine people have been injured following a two-car collision on the M50 in Dublin. The incident happened southbound at Junction 12, Firhouse, at 5.30am. Gardaí say eight male teenagers were in one of the cars, which was driving down the up ramp at Junction 12 when it collided head-on with a car. They have been brought to different hospitals for treatment and one of them is in a critical condition. The driver of the other car, a man in his 20s, is being treated for serious injuries.
The section of the M50 from Junction 12 to Junction 11 southbound is closed while a technical examination takes place and local diversions are in place.
There was an ambulance outside one of my elderly neighbours last night. It sickens me that she might have been denied or delayed treatment while these f*ckers got ahead of her in the queue... >:D
Looks like 2 little cars as well! Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)
(https://www.rte.ie/images/0024d140-800.jpg)
Toyota Aygo to heaven with me mates .Fly high in paradise RIP BRO! 8)
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Looks like 2 little cars as well! Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)
I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!
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Looks like 2 little cars as well! Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)
I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!
Were they conscious?
Ya always had a ring of John Warboys about ye!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx2pez42zqo (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx2pez42zqo) 8)
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...... I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!
I think I had about 16 students in an 8 seater mini-bus one night circa 2010 in my Renting years from town to their student complex about 2KM from the city, 4 paid and the other dozen did a Runner !
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Interesting... if you do that and get away with it this year let me know. I guess it makes sense from DAAs perspective to ignore the permit "requirement" to keep things moving.
I was at DAP this morning, entered area 18 no problem, 2 security guards at the barrier didn't give me a second glance, me Mum's plane was delayed 40 minutes after landing on the tarmac because some other plane ahead of it had broken down, an hour and a half in area 18 cost E12 !!
P.S. I have no idea of how the DAP taxi permit scheme works in area 18 ??
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€18 is a bit of a cunt. You wouldn't want that on a job to the city, Dublin city that is!
The permit costs a tenner a year and is available from:
https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations (https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations)
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€18 is a bit of a cunt. You wouldn't want that on a job to the city, Dublin city that is!
The permit costs a tenner a year and is available from:
https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations (https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations)
It was Eu12 not Eu18.
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Still pricey... I don't know if the same rates apply to permit holders. I did use it without a permit last Friday and it took about 5 mins to get in and another 7-10 minutes queuing (with the meter running) to get out and they charged me €3 which is the same as they charged when I had a permit for the one job I had to pay the fee for. I did two other jobs in the year I held the permit but there was no charge for them as the barrier was up for some reason or other, both on the same day.
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PS If I'm doing meet and greet I always use the short term car park. Fee usually €3 there as well. You used to get 15 mins or so free but not anymore which is a bit of a cunt cos you could drive in and not find a space... hasn't happened to me yet but I've certainly heard of it.
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Before entry liberalisation we had a reserved area beside the pedestrian entrance to T1 (T2 didn't exist back then) which was free for at least an hour, in practice as long as you wanted really once you weren't taking the piss. As a punishment for the great strike of 99 they moved us up to the roof and started charging us soon after that.