Why are you here.

[Rat Catcher]

Fr Hand ran a tight ship though, they didn't step out of line when he was around

He only became headmaster after my time. I had Corry and Harringtion. TBH I was amazed Jaffa got the job after Harrington... as a teacher he wasn't much of an authoritarian, maybe the power gave him confidence?

[Rat Catcher]

He never gets over being referred to as the Coolock Playwright, no more than Mark O'Rowe is known as the Tallaght Playwright.

Indeed. He emigrated to the Southside... Always a quiet fella in school, strange as it may seem. Obviously came out of his shell in UCD where I believe he started putting on (one man) plays and became the life and soul of the party and a rampant alcoholic, in fact he nearly drank himself to death in his 20s. Thankfully he found a way past that.

[Punter]

Not much different to Ken,dont think I reached 38 Court appearances but got to high 20s---I have 3 kids but never married so my freight was 150 per kid--450 yoyos a week-Judges didnt take kindly to our profession at the time--I had a top female brief and after last appearance she said to me Thank God you never married HER !

[dalymount]

The judge will nearly ALWAYS side with the wife, I don't know if it's still the same. I'm glad I never had such problems

[john m]

Dole ,HAP and you still go to work with all the costs .If you lived in the Flats Big Dommo would of schooled yis .

[john m]

Dont know why Lads post their Private business on a public forum .Did anybody notice the Man who asked the question didnt answer the question .He has become a disciple of Big Dommo learned the mantra .IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SAY NOTHING ............NOW YOUR TALKING .

[Octavia1]

I hate fukin complementing yis, but I have to ask this question. There are a lot of drivers on here, and I honestly believe some of you , people like John m, ratchatcher, lippy, belker u wha and loads more of you they are just the ones that spring to mind. I consider most of you extremely knowledable, very articulate, certainly able to hold your own in any company, I have worked with HEOS , assistant P Is etc etc in the civil service,and most of these highly paid people couldn't hold a candle to you, so I have to ask the question and I quite serious, WHY THE FUKK ARE YOU DRIVING TAXIS. ? you seem to me to be well above this low skilled job

Fer me DM I had a troubled childhood both in London (Ginger Paddy) and Cork (Ginger Brit) , I hated school and left at 15 to join me da's bookie business, by aged 21 I was managing the busiest bookie shop (Dillons cross) in Munster, then I got appointed to assistant managing director a few years later and odd's compiler as my mathematical skills came in to play on the lotto odds as basically no one else could else proof or read my math. But I missed the banter of the on counter experience and the total in office odds compiling job was getting boring.

Then I separated with me ex misses and due to the exceptional high court award of 750 per week I had to pay her. I didn't manage it and got sent to prison fer a month, which I served. On release I applying fer my Taxi licence, sat the test and passed it and fer 9 months after worked by day in the bookies and worked by night in the Taxi, easily covering 90 to 100 hours work a week.

Then thankfully in the recession the bookie game went belly-up and I was just now just a Taxi driver and the courts on appeal dropped the 750 to a more lenient 200 per week which I still pay to this day.

The night time Taxi game suited me, I loved it (I even wrote and published a book about it) and still do love it. I know I could probably do better as a math teacher or odd's compiler sitting behind a desk on a 9 to 5 and being told what to do, but No Thanks !

750 a bleedin week ken ? ..then prison? Wer ya a declared millionaire back then?  Fuking 'ell

[Lizzzy]

Got my renewal during the week,l from Bjp.. €1475 fully comp, they must have decided not to screw me this year because of covid

That's the average with them over here,it depends where you live. I think the Dubs pay more because of the crime !

[Octavia1]

Ya shud o given her the house an fuked off .......I know a bloke gave away 2houses.....lives wit his ma ....on huge  money ..works the legal business helping millionaires say they
 "  won it on a horse "   cant keep his Mickey in his trousers ....an hes still at it ...different mot every month ....mad cnut

Anyway in me next life I'm goin get neutered...be lot cheaper 

[dalymount]

I thought the avarage in Dublin was about 2200

[Punter]

At a guess didn't sell business when offered half a fortune--as they say reply in haste ,regret at your leisure--I am living proof also !

[Shallowhal]

Jaysus Ken.....750 per week,they didn't pluck that figure out of their arse,they saw bank accounts and got the calculator out.

[Octavia1]

Dont know why Lads post their Private business on a public forum .Did anybody notice the Man who asked the question didnt answer the question .He has become a disciple of Big Dommo learned the mantra .IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SAY NOTHING ............NOW YOUR TALKING .

Daily ya mean ?

[Octavia1]

Jaysus Ken.....750 per week,they didn't pluck that figure out of their arse,they saw bank accounts and got the calculator out.

He kept his house ...probably a big one

[Octavia1]

Ken ya shud of told them to fuk ya in jail in the first place