Cocaine cabbie in court battle to keep hold of taxi licence

[The Liffey Lip]

That's the basis for Crystal Meth, Mercenary...Pseudo...

[mercenary for hire]

Yeah I know I used to take one solpha sinus a day for a long time.. meself.Great sleep can be had with a clear nose.

[The Liffey Lip]

Tweaker...joking. Cocaine is now seen as a working man's substance. I'd say Php and Pcp derivatives are far more popular with the hoorays nowadays. Man-made drugs are evil...Tookie Williams said.

[Belker]

Apparently medical students take psudoephedrine like the stuff in solpha sinus etc to stay awake.....

That's the basis for Crystal Meth, Mercenary...Pseudo...

That was all listed out in the Netflix series of 'Breaking Bad' when 'Badger' brought a bag
full of sinus tablets to 'Jesse Pinkman' as pseudo fer his Meth cook in the Winnebago Lab.

Also in the same series the word "Hippocampus" was used and explained by 'Walter White'
while in discussion with 'Gus Fring' during dinner at Gus's home.

[The Liffey Lip]

The word Hippocampus was explained by the eponymous taxi man back in 2000 and splash to Silverbullet here when he asked about the name and others on Roy's beforehand. You might have been busy back then perchance? The London Taxi Drivers refer to their Hippo as being their sat-nav. Do Androids dream of electric sheep? You seem to see this mythical man everywhere.


In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the belker is an elemental creature with a body composed mainly of smoke from the Elemental Plane of air.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

This geezer responsible for research into cabbie`s hippos :

https://youtu.be/TOvxh4rDtg0

https://youtu.be/TOvxh4rDtg0

[the driver]

Cocaine cabbie in court battle to keep hold of taxi licence (Herald, 26 Sept 2017)

 A taxi driver is trying to stop gardai from revoking his licence after he was successfully prosecuted for cocaine dealing.  The court action brought by Barry Burns (43), of Bath Road, Balbriggan, is being opposed by Supt Thomas Murphy of the Dublin Region Traffic Department, which includes the Carriage Office.  Burns' barrister Patrick Jackson told Judge Deirdre Gearty at Dublin District Court that, in February 2015, his client was stopped in a vehicle and found to be in possession of €70 worth of cocaine.

On a date in February last year, undercover gardai made four calls to his phone and later that day Burns provided them with seven deals of cocaine, worth about €550, counsel said.  The case came before Swords District Court last December.  Burns was prosecuted for possessing drugs for his own use as a result of the first incident, but the second led to a more serious charge of having cocaine for sale or supply. He pleaded guilty to the charges.

Mr Jackson said that, at the time, the father-of-three had been going through family difficulties and began using drugs.  Those charges were struck out after he had gone to counselling, provided samples to show he was off drugs and donated €1,000 to charity.  Supt Murphy told Judge Gearty that counsel omitted to mention that Burns was using his taxi at the time and there was a "tick list" amounting to several thousand euro owed to him by customers.

Philip Kavanagh, of the Tiomanai Tacsai na hEireann union, told the court he had known Burns for about 10 years and said he felt comfortable with him remaining a taxi driver.  He said Burns had told him of his difficulties at the time, but since then had perked up and seemed to be trying to get on with his life.

Counsel for Burns provided the court with documents showing that tests proved his client has stopped taking drugs.  Burns told the court he had been stupid and had let his family down.  Since the prosecution, he has continued to go to drug testing, he added.

Judge Gearty adjourned the case, which will be listed for mention again in four weeks.

The BBC felt happy with Jimmy Saville remaining as a DJ even though people in the organisation knew what was going on.TTNH should hang their heads in shame for backing a coke dealer in court.How the fcuk can the public have confidence in the Taxi industry if the so called reps act this way?

[hippocampus]

Hardly comparable the 2 acts of Savile and taxi man? There's worse than that driving around...murderers etc.

[SClass]

If taking (snorting?) cocaine is common among taxi drivers one can't help wondering if this double jobber's cocaine trade is endorsed by TTNH as a preferred supplier or some such. It'd be interesting to see some of the names on the list...

Rat don't be a prick.
I know you eat to keep the site going.
Do you have to steep that low
Accusing men  like me of endorsing. Shirt.
I don't endors that shit,
Ttnh does not endorse it either.
You fukking low life.

[Rat Catcher]

Just wondering... The only media attention earned by TTnH in recent times is a report of it's endorsing a convicted drug dealer who also holds a conviction for overcharging from DAP. There seems to be some contradiction between what the executive tells you and what it does... maybe they think of you as a mushroom, best kept in the dark and fed shit?

[SClass]

Just wondering... The only media attention earned by TTnH in recent times is a report of it's endorsing a convicted drug dealer who also holds a conviction for overcharging from DAP. There seems to be some contradiction between what the executive tells you and what it does... maybe they think of you as a mushroom, best kept in the dark and fed shit?

You really do believe you know it all.

You are a nasty piece of shit.

[silverbullet]

There were a number of Keshies done for Cocaine distribution.

[Shallowhal]

Distribution up their nostrils!!

[silverbullet]

Distribution up their nostrils!!

4 years plus in the 'Joy.

[Belker]

Just wondering... The only media attention earned by TTnH in recent times is a report of it's endorsing a convicted drug dealer who also holds a conviction for overcharging from DAP. There seems to be some contradiction between what the executive tells you and what it does... maybe they think of you as a mushroom, best kept in the dark and fed shit?

You really do believe you know it all.

You are a nasty piece of shit.

Let you explain it to us Sclass ?
Here are the the newspaper reports;

(Herald, 26 Sept 2017)
A taxi driver is trying to stop gardai from revoking his licence after he was successfully prosecuted for cocaine dealing.  The court action brought by Barry Burns (43), of Bath Road, Balbriggan, is being opposed by Supt Thomas Murphy of the Dublin Region Traffic Department, which includes the Carriage Office.

(independent.ie 6 July);
A Dublin Airport taxi driver has been fined €250 after he was found guilty of failing to take an accountant on the shortest route to his home in Blackrock.
Barry Burns (42) of Bath Road, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to a taxi regulation charge of not driving as directed by his passenger.

Philip Kavanagh, of the Tiomanai Tacsai na hEireann union, told the court he had known Burns for about 10 years and said he felt comfortable with him remaining a taxi driver. 

How could Mr Kavanagh of TTnH be "Comfortable" with a convicted Drug dealer and convicted Taxi 'Over charger' ?