Taximen Protest Wed 28th Oct 2026

[Rat Catcher]

[Taxi driver42]

Its slow most days that route

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

what's the protest about.

[Octavia1]

what's the protest about.

Probly protestin that uber  wont let them delete ubers app ...


Breakin me bollix laffin 

[Rat Catcher]

Same group as organized last week's protest outside NTAs headquarters up above in Dublin.

They've stated their objectives to be:

To protect Ireland's regulated taxi system
To ensure fair rules for all dispatch operators (including app-based services)
To protect driver earnings and a level playing field
To ensure transparency and fairness for passengers
To ask the NTA to listen to the voice of taxi drivers

[Taxi driver42]

They won't listen the nta
Competition is good they say
Public hate us
And we are very divided

[John m]

Their issue is simple .They were encouraged to come here given Return to work enterprise allowance and grants to buy WATs .Now that gravy train has dried up .They need to replace their expensive WATs cannot afford to drop the apps as most of them couldnt find O Connell Street in Daylight .The Apps that encouraged them trained them with the answers now Fuck them and they dont like it .Now they are looking for Fairness as in they want to abandon the expensive WAT and be issued with Saloon Plates or better they want after all the advertising they are doing for their Discount Model Uber Rideshare .Thinking that Uber Rideshare would yield the same fares without the Big Overheads of Licences ,Insurance ,Expensive vehicles .

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT YOU SAY ,YOU WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR SERVICE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

[Octavia1]

Their issue is simple .They were encouraged to come here given Return to work enterprise allowance and grants to buy WATs .Now that gravy train has dried up .They need to replace their expensive WATs cannot afford to drop the apps as most of them couldnt find O Connell Street in Daylight .The Apps that encouraged them trained them with the answers now Fuck them and they dont like it .Now they are looking for Fairness as in they want to abandon the expensive WAT and be issued with Saloon Plates or better they want after all the advertising they are doing for their Discount Model Uber Rideshare .Thinking that Uber Rideshare would yield the same fares without the Big Overheads of Licences ,Insurance ,Expensive vehicles .

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT YOU SAY ,YOU WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR SERVICE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

So let me ger this straight johnny .... so the apes thar wer puttin uber an fleeceyanow stickers all over ther jammers an doin jobs ar 25% ta 50% discount  are now goin on strike cause  they dont like gettin a large portion up ther hole anymore is thar rite ?   ...... Or am i missin sumtin ?   So let me ger me head round this for a minute .... they taut by lickin hole theyed get one over on ther " colleagues an giv a large portion up other taxi drivers holes by takin all the work at a discount an wavin ther stickers  an gettin priority ....   bur  now uber an fleecenow is given them a large  non lubed one up ther hooter scooters  aswell as evetyone else?  .... an now them  drivers are  runnin tu the  " goverment" complainin   .... but the "  government " said yous dopey cnuts  are on yur own cause   yous caused this mess in the first place  cause yiz agreed  tu it an thers fuk all we can doo bout it now   .... am i  bout  spot on ( again )  so far  johnny ?

Ya cant fix stupit ...

Ther was a mad cnut on here for yers warnon the poor cnuts .... tink he lived in his mas gaff wen he wasny in  the looney bin ....

Poor cnut


 

[Rat Catcher]

They won't listen the nta
Competition is good they say
Public hate us
And we are very divided

Competition is good provided it is fair competition. Uber's market manipulation is anti-competitive. In fact, Watty just started another thread that shows exactly why NTA needs to license and regulate dispatch operators in accordance with Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (as amended).

http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=19038.msg286616#msg286616

[Taxi driver42]

Will it happen?
No
They dont care

[markmiwurdz]

Their issue is simple .They were encouraged to come here given Return to work enterprise allowance and grants to buy WATs .Now that gravy train has dried up .They need to replace their expensive WATs cannot afford to drop the apps as most of them couldnt find O Connell Street in Daylight .The Apps that encouraged them trained them with the answers now Fuck them and they dont like it .Now they are looking for Fairness as in they want to abandon the expensive WAT and be issued with Saloon Plates or better they want after all the advertising they are doing for their Discount Model Uber Rideshare .Thinking that Uber Rideshare would yield the same fares without the Big Overheads of Licences ,Insurance ,Expensive vehicles .

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT YOU SAY ,YOU WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR SERVICE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

So let me ger this straight johnny .... so the apes thar wer puttin uber an fleeceyanow stickers all over ther jammers an doin jobs ar 25% ta 50% discount  are now goin on strike cause  they dont like gettin a large portion up ther hole anymore is thar rite ?   ...... Or am i missin sumtin ?   So let me ger me head round this for a minute .... they taut by lickin hole theyed get one over on ther " colleagues an giv a large portion up other taxi drivers holes by takin all the work at a discount an wavin ther stickers  an gettin priority ....   bur  now uber an fleecenow is given them a large  non lubed one up ther hooter scooters  aswell as evetyone else?  .... an now them  drivers are  runnin tu the  " goverment" complainin   .... but the "  government " said yous dopey cnuts  are on yur own cause   yous caused this mess in the first place  cause yiz agreed  tu it an thers fuk all we can doo bout it now   .... am i  bout  spot on ( again )  so far  johnny ?

Ya cant fix stupit ...

Ther was a mad cnut on here for yers warnon the poor cnuts .... tink he lived in his mas gaff wen he wasny in  the looney bin ....

Poor cnut


 

There's no such thing as a free lunch

[Octavia1]

Their issue is simple .They were encouraged to come here given Return to work enterprise allowance and grants to buy WATs .Now that gravy train has dried up .They need to replace their expensive WATs cannot afford to drop the apps as most of them couldnt find O Connell Street in Daylight .The Apps that encouraged them trained them with the answers now Fuck them and they dont like it .Now they are looking for Fairness as in they want to abandon the expensive WAT and be issued with Saloon Plates or better they want after all the advertising they are doing for their Discount Model Uber Rideshare .Thinking that Uber Rideshare would yield the same fares without the Big Overheads of Licences ,Insurance ,Expensive vehicles .

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT YOU SAY ,YOU WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR SERVICE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

So let me ger this straight johnny .... so the apes thar wer puttin uber an fleeceyanow stickers all over ther jammers an doin jobs ar 25% ta 50% discount  are now goin on strike cause  they dont like gettin a large portion up ther hole anymore is thar rite ?   ...... Or am i missin sumtin ?   So let me ger me head round this for a minute .... they taut by lickin hole theyed get one over on ther " colleagues an giv a large portion up other taxi drivers holes by takin all the work at a discount an wavin ther stickers  an gettin priority ....   bur  now uber an fleecenow is given them a large  non lubed one up ther hooter scooters  aswell as evetyone else?  .... an now them  drivers are  runnin tu the  " goverment" complainin   .... but the "  government " said yous dopey cnuts  are on yur own cause   yous caused this mess in the first place  cause yiz agreed  tu it an thers fuk all we can doo bout it now   .... am i  bout  spot on ( again )  so far  johnny ?

Ya cant fix stupit ...

Ther was a mad cnut on here for yers warnon the poor cnuts .... tink he lived in his mas gaff wen he wasny in  the looney bin ....

Poor cnut


 

There's no such thing as a free lunch

Come inta me parlour said the spider to the bluebottle   marko 

[John m]

Yes exactly but unexactle also as well .. Now there is also Plan B that is to Promote Uber Discounted Fares and Attract more Passengers to the Platform in the Belief that the more Passengers the more chance they have of getting more work and maintaining their Income level ..Now ask yourself Did any other App come into existance and is Uber Half fares an attempt to crush that .Whatever happened to HOLA that dies as quickly as a Palastinian in Jerusalem .These fuckers are playing two sides against the middle but dont understand that there is no prize for the Winners .

[Rat Catcher]

Tap evolved from the last protest. Hola is doing very well in India, it's their version of Tap.

[Rat Catcher]

Will it happen?
No
They dont care

Probably not. The narrative on social media after last week's protest action was that it's just a handful of ungrateful immigrant drivers that are demanding the right to hold riders up at meterpoint. No doubt Uber are fueling that narrative to divide and conquer. We've had at least one driver on here suggest that he will cover the reduced fixed fares to force the migrant workers who are refusing them out of business, the same driver having come on here two or three Mondays in a row to complain about Uber cutting the rates they pay him up above in Dublin on a Sunday. That kinda demonstrates how easy it is to manipulate drivers... as FDS used to remind us, there's a reason we drive cabs for a living.

If you support the objectives of the crowd protesting support the protest. If you don't, don't support it and you'll have a busier than normal Wednesday afternoon on the 28th, probably.

Fair play to the men for trying.