Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[Rat Catcher]

What went wrong, or right, as the case may be...

[taxi1990]

It was a good place to be during the recession.
Best 6 years of my life, got a graduate job when I left, hated it, wearing a suit every day,sitting in front of a computer screen, working for a boss and with colleagues who would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. quit and set up a taxi business. I dont regret it either.

[Shallowhal]

It was a good place to be during the recession.
Best 6 years of my life, got a graduate job when I left, hated it, wearing a suit every day,sitting in front of a computer screen, working for a boss and with colleagues who would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. quit and set up a taxi business. I dont regret it either.

Kill or be killed....a good business ethos.

[Deets]

Totally agreed, if they get a foot in the door they will not settle fer the Rural only gig, nobody even the rural drivers want that gig.
Rural rideshare is just a stepping stone toward Full Rideshare.  STRIKE !

Rural rideshare is basically a trojan horse to get it in nationwide. Always fight the first cut because if you don't you'll be steamrolled on the next one

[Deets]

^^^^^I think Roys place is gone for good Deets.He got a pain in his rocks babysitting us.Now he's in hiding from the revenue..probably.

ah right, does that mean this is the only taxi forum in Ireland then?

[mercenary for hire]

I'm not sure but if there is it will be similar to this place but it won't have a database.Even the Uber lads have their own forums.They mostly complain about the same stuff as us.

[The Liffey Lip]

It was a good place to be during the recession.
Best 6 years of my life, got a graduate job when I left, hated it, wearing a suit every day,sitting in front of a computer screen, working for a boss and with colleagues who would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. quit and set up a taxi business. I dont regret it either.

I remember it well.

[dalymount]

If rideshare is allowed and we sit on our hands and do nothing,then it will be OUR fault.the drivers in Madrid are on strike for the past 2 weeks, for the same reason lets hope they are successful

[The Liffey Lip]

^^^^^I think Roys place is gone for good Deets.He got a pain in his rocks babysitting us.Now he's in hiding from the revenue..probably.

ah right, does that mean this is the only taxi forum in Ireland then?

If you're on Facebook, there's a group hug page.....so I've been told. Some of the professional lads here are on it- according to one of the professional lads.

[Belker]

whatever happenned to the local area hackney license.

Nobody Fookin wanted them !

[The Liffey Lip]

This Cork man is sure determined................

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/minister-daly-to-press-for-uber-style-rural-taxi-services-902137.html

True for him........."pious elite in Dublin with no understanding of rural life"..........

[Rat Catcher]

There's no rideshare in Madrid, DM. They're protesting about Uber using high quality private hire licensed vehicles i.e. hackney/limousine licences... bit like the way mytaxi uses clapped out shiteboxes masquerading as limousines over here, just mytaxi doesn't impose any qualitative restrictions. Also, in Madrid they have quantitative restrictions on private hire licences, we don't.

[mercenary for hire]

"Liberalising taxi regulations"... that's a massive difference.The last time they did that they flooded the country with cheap taxi plates.Nowhere is Rideshare mentioned in that article.

[Rat Catcher]

If you factor in what is purported to be happening behind the scenes, particularly NTA considering abolishing hackney licences, it all makes a lot more sense.

[Belker]

And what exactly will Rural mean ?

This is an old photo of where I am from Douglas in Cork.

Back in the day it was a One Horse Rural village separated from the city by the boundry line of the Tramore river.

Today it is a metropolis of activity.


But it is still a RURAL village.

"Minister Daly to press for 'uber-style' rural taxi services.
Rural drivers should be given new licences which allow them to pick up passengers for a set price within 15km of their homes in a bid to clamp down on ongoing drink driving concerns."

So if a uber driver who lives in Douglas in Cork which is still considered as a Rural village as it is just outside the city bounds gets a 15km uber rural licence to pick up, then that 15km radius takes in the entire Cork city area North, South, East and West.