Pubs and taxi apps complain not enough taxis for a few hours at night

[taxi1990]

Let the journalists also write about how the NTA ignore illegal unvetted drivers who are undercutting legit drivers and are potentially putting the public at risk.

[John m]

Let me explain to you educationally subnormal wasters who call your selves taxi drivers .You provide an Essential service but the fucktards who represent you are Morons .They promoted Halo thinking it would put the traditional Dispatchers who didnt tell drivers about dereg out of Business .There was a time an aPP was a Business with commercial protection but now that we must ALL ACCEPT card payments by LAW apps no longer are a Commercial entity as what they use to offer card payments are now a legal requirement for all drivers .So providing a NTA backed hailing app with no in app payment other than cash or car and there is no other would not be commercial and would not compete with existing commercial entities as all the NTA would be supplying is infrastructure .Let me explain Red Cow Luas provides Luas services and a Bus link .There are many bus stops on the Quays where both Dublin Bus ,Bus Eireann and Kavanaghs all stop that Bus stop is infrastructure not competition .I have met most of the reps in this industry and my Dog Shit is more intelligent than those fucking idiots .15% out of your earnings and 2 euro more if you pick up a hotel ,there is a problem at the airport and you pay to solve it and not one Rep is crying foul .Cop the fuck on you are useless no good pieces of shit for allowing yourselves to be treated like this .My record on both here and Roys can never be denied I told you what was comming and you stupit cunts put me down .I told you all ten years ago about how the Bo bo was manipulated now you can see you need to accept a certain amount and they decide what jobs to give you .Bend over open wide Free Now is going inside .

[John m]

Let the journalists also write about how the NTA ignore illegal unvetted drivers who are undercutting legit drivers and are potentially putting the public at risk.

Would you ever fuck off put up or shut up .You keep going on about illegald burn his car break his back he is taking your coin .You come on here complaining have you ever tried to stop him with a lump hammer I would .Man Up .

[taxi1990]

Let the journalists also write about how the NTA ignore illegal unvetted drivers who are undercutting legit drivers and are potentially putting the public at risk.

Would you ever fuck off put up or shut up .You keep going on about illegald burn his car break his back he is taking your coin .You come on here complaining have you ever tried to stop him with a lump hammer I would .Man Up .

im still working on getting this fucker but I wont be burning his car or breaking his legs, why should I end up in court over a piece of dirt like him?

[silverbullet]

DM his details to all the contributors here and let nature take its course.

[John m]

Let the journalists also write about how the NTA ignore illegal unvetted drivers who are undercutting legit drivers and are potentially putting the public at risk.

Would you ever fuck off put up or shut up .You keep going on about illegald burn his car break his back he is taking your coin .You come on here complaining have you ever tried to stop him with a lump hammer I would .Man Up .

im still working on getting this fucker but I wont be burning his car or breaking his legs, why should I end up in court over a piece of dirt like him?

Why would you get caught .Gards cannot find murderers not interested in a bit of arson .

[taxi1990]

I heard of a story lately of a legit taxi driver who got a lift from an illegal driver, the legit guy reported the illegal and had to go to court to give evidence the illegal took money off him for a trip. they convicted the illegal guy.

I was thinking if all us legit guys who have problems with illegals tried to catch them ourselves, if I was in say Donegal and was asked by a legit taxi to try catch the illegal, I would do it and then go to court to give evidence against the illegal. its sad that we have to do that but the NTA are avoiding certain illegals in my opinion.

[taxi1990]

Let the journalists also write about how the NTA ignore illegal unvetted drivers who are undercutting legit drivers and are potentially putting the public at risk.

Would you ever fuck off put up or shut up .You keep going on about illegald burn his car break his back he is taking your coin .You come on here complaining have you ever tried to stop him with a lump hammer I would .Man Up .

im still working on getting this fucker but I wont be burning his car or breaking his legs, why should I end up in court over a piece of dirt like him?

Why would you get caught .Gards cannot find murderers not interested in a bit of arson .

I think I would be suspect number 1 in fairness .

[silverbullet]

I heard of a story lately of a legit taxi driver who got a lift from an illegal driver, the legit guy reported the illegal and had to go to court to give evidence the illegal took money off him for a trip. they convicted the illegal guy.

I was thinking if all us legit guys who have problems with illegals tried to catch them ourselves, if I was in say Donegal and was asked by a legit taxi to try catch the illegal, I would do it and then go to court to give evidence against the illegal. its sad that we have to do that but the NTA are avoiding certain illegals in my opinion.

If you ask for a printed receipt and the cabbie doesn't offer you one, the fare is free.

[John m]

Has any Jurno ever written an article about people queuing outside pubs on Harcourt Street or Camden Street to get in then no seats and another Q inside to get a Drink .Why are they not calling for MORE PUBS and CLUBS or more Hotel Rooms to be built to drive down room prices to increase tourism .Funny how taxi drivers who do not advertise with the Media always seem to be held responsible for not getting overcrowded pubs empty late at night .It is almost incitement to hatred of taxi drivers being promoted by these  pencil sharpeners .And they wonder why young people dont read newspapers and rely on citizen Journalists on Twitter and Facebook for their news .


For those who are interested in real news .The Rioters won .Social welfare and housing are to be cut for Ukranian refugees but it wont be reported that way as a Victory for Street Violence .This wont even make the front pages as COP 23 failure and Eamo crying for Mother Earth will be the headlines .Stay Safe the media would love to see a taxi driver beaten up so they could say it was because passengers are frustrated waiting for a taxi .

[taxi1990]

Another one for them, I was taking to a customer yesterday about nights out in our local town on the busy nights at christmas, the 2 of us were talking about how packed certain pubs and nightclubs will be in our town, sardines have more room in their tins, what if there was a fire? the shit would hit the fan then but a blind eye is turned, pack them in.

on the rioters winning, I have a lot of time for the Ukrainians, know lots of them through work but why were they paid so much? why were they given more than other refugees in Ireland and why were we giving them more than other European countries? The cut had to be made in fairness but I kind of agree with you that the Government are half doing this with an election in mind.

[Belker]

Tis the season to be jolly.  Or not. 

‘Taxis for Ireland’ coalition formed to urge government to address ‘extreme shortage’ hurting businesses

A newly-formed Taxis for Ireland Coalition calls on the Government to address the taxi supply shortage.  The coalition was formed by six organisations from the tourism, hospitality and enterprise sectors.

They wrote to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Transport Minister Eamon Ryan today to appeal to the Government to acknowledge the ongoing crisis, as they say the “extreme shortage” of taxis in cities, towns and rural areas across the country has been affecting the Irish public, economy, tourism, and hospitality businesses for years.

Seven out of 10 people across the country find it difficult to get home from pubs and restaurants in their area, surveys conducted by the group found. Some publicans are operating an “informal taxi service” to get customers home, the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland said.

Coalition members, such as the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Uber, Bolt, and the Vintners Federation of Ireland, have undertaken four surveys this year, which led to the conclusion that the public has a very poor view of the availability of taxis.

More than 63pc of publicans described their local taxi or hackney service as either poor or non-existent, a survey finds.

<snip>

Although the Coalition has acknowledged the work of the National Transport Authority in this area, such as a driver recruitment campaign or increasing fares, they have not resulted in increasing taxi availability, which should be treated as a matter of urgency, they added.

No mention of Dublin Bus or Local Area Hackney licences but hey ho...

I responed to that news article and emailed Pat Crotty (VFI) and Elaina Fitzgerald Kane (ITIC), members of the coalition about Taxi shortages. This is what I stated;

"To Pat Crotty and Elaina Fitzgerald Kane, members of the coalition about Taxi shortages.
From Ken Cashman, Cork city night time Taxi driver. Badge number L4447.

What I am proposing and hopefully you might agree and put forward is for all city and large town Bus routes to stay open for an extra 4 hours from 11.30pm to 3.30am on Friday and Saturday nights, to include the Sundays of bank holiday weekends, + 16th/17th March and 26th/31st December as the taxies alone cannot cope with the demand at these times.
Double the bus fare price after midnight and Double the bus driver's salary and possibly put a security guard on every bus after midnight.
If the above was implemented there would be little talk on the radio or press ever again about shortages of taxies.

The simple solution for everyone is just to get more taxies, but the problem is that it is only for the 8 hours per week as mentioned above that there is a shortage of taxies, for the rest of the week Taxi drivers are waiting around for fares.

Best, Ken."

[taxi1990]

The simple solution is for people to have a bit of patience and wait for the taxi home. go get a bag of chips or try to pull someone while you wait.

[markmiwurdz]

Has any Jurno ever written an article about people queuing outside pubs on Harcourt Street or Camden Street to get in then no seats and another Q inside to get a Drink .Why are they not calling for MORE PUBS and CLUBS or more Hotel Rooms to be built to drive down room prices to increase tourism .Funny how taxi drivers who do not advertise with the Media always seem to be held responsible for not getting overcrowded pubs empty late at night .It is almost incitement to hatred of taxi drivers being promoted by these  pencil sharpeners .And they wonder why young people dont read newspapers and rely on citizen Journalists on Twitter and Facebook for their news .


For those who are interested in real news .The Rioters won .Social welfare and housing are to be cut for Ukranian refugees but it wont be reported that way as a Victory for Street Violence .This wont even make the front pages as COP 23 failure and Eamo crying for Mother Earth will be the headlines .Stay Safe the media would love to see a taxi driver beaten up so they could say it was because passengers are frustrated waiting for a taxi .

It's just window dressing,they go on the full whack after the 3 months and won't be turfed out onto the street when the 3 months is up either.

[taxi1990]

38.80 is a weird number, you would think they could round it up to 39 euro. the 80 cent is a bit of an insult.