Whos job is it to deal with illegal taxis?

[Bob Shillin]

I think a lot of these operations depend on regular clients. If the clients don't co-operate - e.g. claim he's just a generous bloke who gives them lifts all the time and they only contribute petrol money - it can be difficult to prove. They usually go after the ones who advertise in bars or have arrangements with barmen or whatever. Essentially they generally need a way of hiring the car themselves hence the entrapment defence.

If'n ya know any of these illegal hacks, get him/her to call me, I need one, as I can't get a taxi driver to take an old man from Dalkey to Shankill (9-9.30) and Shankill to Dalkey (15-15.30) 3 days a week for €100.

Are you the old man?? 

Is that because theres a smell of P*"s and Marietta off him

Nah, just short term memory issues, and driver's don't like to be tied to regular exact pick up times

[Belker]

Most of the towns in Cork county would have what is affectionately known as a "Calcutta cab" service and everyone in the town or village would have their number, a friend of mine got one recently when leaving a house party one morning out in the Halfway village, she left the party and asked a neighbour who was out gardening where to get a cab, the lady neighbour told her she would ring "Joe" fer her. Joe turned up a few minutes later, no meter, no roofie, no stickers, and drove her home to Blackrock fer 25 notes. The estimated fare would be about 40 Euro based on the 20KM journey.

[Belker]

"Calcutta cabs" don't worry me, they provide a much needed rural service (illegally) but they don't operate where I work which is in Cork city. As I said to the Chungwan who got the Calcutta cab that morning; "You have fairly used up your Get Out Of Jail Free card there !"

[mercenary for hire]

It costs drivers money to be in a certain place and stay free for the hour before a booking,especially now that it's busy most of the day.I don't take bookings off anyone as I never know where I'm gonna be in Dublin at a certain time.I've had to decline bookings from neighbours to the airport for the same reason.

[Belker]

I'm the same, no interest in pre-booking unless they are less than 20 mins away and half decent and offering Priority.
Why take a Pre-book fer an hours time when as an ambassador with priority you would be most unlikely to go 10 mins without a job offer ?

[taxi1990]

i hope you reported that knacker who is doing those illegal runs. anyone who is running an illegal taxi business is an enemy of ours.

[Rat Catcher]

As MfH noted, we should be more concerned about mytaxi increasing it's fleet of clapped out shiteboxes masquerading as limousines. For a few hundred notes in licence fees these guys are taking our work and charging full metered fares.

[Belker]

i hope you reported that knacker who is doing those illegal runs. anyone who is running an illegal taxi business is an enemy of ours.

No, I didn't, "Joe" was providing an illegal service to a much needed community and he got my Chungwan home fer a 'Pony' when she was stuck fer a cab.
By the way, the Halfway village is about 20km outside of Cork, it has 1 Pub, 1 Shop and a few hundred homes and No Taxi service.

[Vikkiz]

i hope you reported that knacker who is doing those illegal runs. anyone who is running an illegal taxi business is an enemy of ours.

No, I didn't, "Joe" was providing an illegal service to a much needed community and he got my Chungwan home fer a 'Pony' when she was stuck fer a cab.
By the way, the Halfway village is about 20km outside of Cork, it has 1 Pub, 1 Shop and a few hundred homes and No Taxi service.

Best to have him provide this “illegal” service than be competing with a Belker 24/7 in a legal taxi

[Rat Catcher]

... or working for mytaxi in a clapped out shitebox masquerading as a limousine.