Uber stripped of license to operate in London

[Rat Catcher]

It is also true that many successful asylum seekers and immigrants from the third world did not have to reach the same standards on the area knowledge test as native Irish people, this is all a matter of record and was widely shared at the time of the occurrences, I can't be arsed to find links right now.

Please post when you can be arsed. We often get claims of this nature, pointing to unsubstantiated "evidence". Little Robbie (John911) used to come out with all sorts of bullshit on Roy's with the promise of evidence to follow, the evidence never followed.

[SClass]

I know for sure, that when the six and a bit taxi plates were on sale,
they did get financial help from social to  purchase them.
also the immigration Council are a secretive organisation, up to all sorts of bogy stuff.the truth will never come out,
Vetting is one,
No way can a background checks be done.
Can anyone fine out if what i say is right or wrong.
I don't think so.

[IrishTim1]

It is also true that many successful asylum seekers and immigrants from the third world did not have to reach the same standards on the area knowledge test as native Irish people, this is all a matter of record and was widely shared at the time of the occurrences, I can't be arsed to find links right now.

Please post when you can be arsed. We often get claims of this nature, pointing to unsubstantiated "evidence". Little Robbie (John911) used to come out with all sorts of bullshit on Roy's with the promise of evidence to follow, the evidence never followed.

It almost seems like you have a horse in this particular race.
It was widely reported at the time in the media and other sources, it's far from bullshit and unless we are getting genius level migrants from sub-Saharan Africa where the average IQ is 70 then there's no other logical reason for the over-representation of third world taxi drivers in Dublin.

[IrishTim1]

I know for sure, that when the six and a bit taxi plates were on sale,
they did get financial help from social to  purchase them.
also the immigration Council are a secretive organisation, up to all sorts of bogy stuff.the truth will never come out,
Vetting is one,
No way can a background checks be done.
Can anyone fine out if what i say is right or wrong.
I don't think so.

100% spot on, I have been in west Africa with the defence forces and there is simply no way the countries I was in could have any meaningful vetting of citizens, their societies are barely functioning day to day never mind comprehensive administration and record keeping on every citizen.
I was told by a public servant that many asylum seekers were given help to get taxi licences, I was also told they do not have to pay any income tax on earned income for 24 months after first starting work in Ireland.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

Joe, before all these Africans came over we could leave our houses unlocked at night.

[Taxi driver42]

Them African lads sure know dublin well

[Rat Catcher]

A lot qualified before the Kathleen Doyle test was introduced, the Garda exam had a 99.9999999999943% pass rate.

As above, please post the media reports when you can be arsed Tim. Irish people do have a tendency to tell the odd story, particularly when they feel the audience wants to hear it.

[Shallowhal]

Q1;What's the quickest and most direct route from Heuston Station to Connolly Station?

Ans; You show...i go.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

Joe, I picked Kathleen Doyle up once. I wanted to tell her that she ruined the taxi industry. She was'nt interested though. She just wanted to be brought to her destination Joe.

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, Ms. Doyle's reforms are working quite well. Look at the mileage some of the men have reported clocking up on their cars, they're not covering that ground without trousering a decent wedge in the current economic climate.

[The Liffey Lip]

The test is easy to get if you know the questions
Learn the questions that come up just like the theory test
One place in dublin around along time has%95 of the questions and answers
Like what most students do learn past questions and answers
I know a guy got it last month through a taxi school I wont say what one

Not true at all, I done the course you're talking about and although it was of some help they certainly do not have anywhere near 90% of the questions.

There is a random database of questions that can come up in any order, it is next to impossible to rote learn the answers which is proven by the over 90% failure rate.

Some people get lucky with the range of questions they are presented with but they're are in the minority. To say the test is easily passed proves that you have not done it yourself.

Hold on there Tim...is the test not based on multiple choice questions? If so, then you have a 1 in 4 chance of guessing right. I can assure you the test I sat in Bolton St had no such luxury....you either knew roads running adjacent to other roads or you didn't.....you either knew how to write down the quickest way from Stena Line's express route from Dun Laoghaire to the Airport naming ALL major arterial roads or you didn't. You had to know who Frank Lambert was and where James Joyce had his first wank etc etc...nothing simple about it at all...but people could read and write back then and didn't rely on an app to tell them their wisdom tooth needed pulling... In fact the only multiples involved were some of the schizoids sitting said test.

[Taxi driver42]

The test is easy to get if you know the questions
Learn the questions that come up just like the theory test
One place in dublin around along time has%95 of the questions and answers
Like what most students do learn past questions and answers
I know a guy got it last month through a taxi school I wont say what one

Not true at all, I done the course you're talking about and although it was of some help they certainly do not have anywhere near 90% of the questions.

There is a random database of questions that can come up in any order, it is next to impossible to rote learn the answers which is proven by the over 90% failure rate.

Some people get lucky with the range of questions they are presented with but they're are in the minority. To say the test is easily passed proves that you have not done it yourself.

I know a polish lad 9 months here has it passed
My mate never lived in cork but got it on his third attempt through that school
He met a mot in his taxi up here left his wifevand fuckd off to cork were shes from. Never lived there but passed test

Learn the answers to the questions
Its not hard

[john m]

When I done it in Finglas I got every question right its a piece of piss .You remember when you were in school you were told to read all the questions first ,well if you did that you got more than half the answers in the questions .Q1 where is Arus an Uchtarain .......Q23 Traveling from Arus An Uchtarain on  Chesterfield Avenue how do you get to the Mansion House on Dawson Street .....Q77 On what street is the Mansion House .In what universe would any government put a test in place that would stop  people coming  off the dole who were willing to buy their own car ,Licence ,Fuel,Insurance ,Cover all their business costs .To listen to some of you talking about the test you would think it was for a Phd .We are only delivery drivers employed to transport boney frames covered in fat unlike Couriers who deliver boxes we dont need to know where we are going all the time we can ask the passenger . You can be certain that somebody somewhere had all the answers and is running classes so all you have to do is learn the answers .Bit like teaching a 5 year old his two times tables .

[The Liffey Lip]

Dublin was the size of Blanch back then...

[The Liffey Lip]

I know for sure, that when the six and a bit taxi plates were on sale,
they did get financial help from social to  purchase them.
also the immigration Council are a secretive organisation, up to all sorts of bogy stuff.the truth will never come out,
Vetting is one,
No way can a background checks be done.
Can anyone fine out if what i say is right or wrong.
I don't think so.

100% spot on, I have been in west Africa with the defence forces and there is simply no way the countries I was in could have any meaningful vetting of citizens, their societies are barely functioning day to day never mind comprehensive administration and record keeping on every citizen.
I was told by a public servant that many asylum seekers were given help to get taxi licences, I was also told they do not have to pay any income tax on earned income for 24 months after first starting work in Ireland.

I was told they'd bigger dongs than us Irish too..........doesn't always translate as fact.