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			<title>Group Email to Taxi Eire</title>
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			<description>This taxi site is being wound down, the service providers is seeking everyone to go premium therefore making it no longer free to operate. You can continue to use the other site at http://taxieire.forumotion.net.  



However as most taxi drivers seem to have little concern for there industry, too much traffic is not expected.  As for myself I am still on the fringes of the industry, only now driving mini buses. I would be my intention to return if competition was not so great. In my opinion  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Garda and the Taxi Industry</title>
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			<description>

Before Taxi Deregulation when there was money to be made, the taxi industry was seen as a nice little investment for some members of the Garda. Some bought licences or rented them and had guys on welfare driving them.  In some situation the PSV officer, or to the lay man the police officer in change of standards in the local taxi industry was regulary the owner of a taxi with a guy defrauding the state of welfare driving it for him.

Were not talking about millions of years ago, in fact less  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:39:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Guess who?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:26:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>irish Taxi regulator on youtube</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Taxi Drivers For Change &amp;quot;Change for the better&amp;quot;</title>
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			<description>Taxi Drivers For Change &quot;Change for the better&quot;





 



 



 



 



 Taxi Drivers For Change



 



&quot;Change for the better&quot;



 



Newsletter No 2

 

 

Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter, the marathon continues. A lot of work has taken place since TDFC's last newsletter but unfortunately not a lot has changed for us all. Families are still suffering and taxi drivers still can't make a living. The following information is of the utmost  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:57:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>From Taxi Drivers For change</title>
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			<description>Hi All,

As you know, we recently published our second newsletter of which I hope you have a copy of, and we included a ballot on this  as to what our next steps should be. I am just emailing you to remind you of this ballot which ends Sun 12th July at 6pm just text the word TAXI and either A for a mandate from you our supporter to talk with Taxi regulator/Advisory council or B to escalate direct action to towns and cities nationally, until we get a positive gesture from the commission and your  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Nineteen-year-old Shit head Peter McCarthy with an address at 27 Gaelcarrig Park, Newcastle, pleaded guilty</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>A teenager who banged on the door of a taxi and then assaulted the driver during an argument with his girlfriend was ordered to pay compensation at Galway District Court this week.last Monday to assault and criminal damage at Eyre Square on October 11, 2008.Inspector Sean Glynn told the court that at 11pm the injured party, a taxi driver, had parked his vehicle at Eyre Square while a woman got in. Suddenly the defendant started banging on the door and Nineteen-year-old Peter McCarthy with an  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dublin driver had no taxi licence Derek Lahiff, 3 Daletree Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24</title>
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			<description>A Dublin man who operated a taxi service without a licence was fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €400 costs when he pleaded guilty to the offence at Cavan District Court. Derek Lahiff, 3 Daletree Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24, was summoned that on September 2, 2008, at the Hotel Kilmore, Killygarry, he drove or used a small public service vehicle for carriage of persons for reward without a licence.



Stephen Ryan an enforcement officer with the Commission of Taxi Regulation said he was on duty  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>38 year old Brian Curran, of Cnoc na Greine, Furbo, pleaded guilty to not paying taxi fares on eleven separate occasions last year. In court 2008..</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[PRISON SENTENCE FOR FURBO MAN FOR NOT PAYING TAXI FARES
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A Furbo man was jailed for thirteen months last year at Galway District
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Court for persistently refusing to pay taxi fares and for assaulting a taxi driver.
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38 year old Brian Curran, of Cnoc na Greine, Furbo, pleaded guilty to not paying
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taxi fares on eleven separate occasions last year. He also pleaded guilty to assaulting
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a taxi driver while drunk at Salthill Garda Station on October 27 last.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Well-known taxi driver defends himself in overcharging claim</title>
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			<description>A Castlebar taxi driver vehemently defended charges before Castlebar

District Court last week that he had overcharged a fare he took.

Seamus Canning of Garryduff Court, Castlebar was taken to court

by the Commission of Taxi Regulation for three charges arising out

of an incident on January 22 last. Canning was charged with failing

to operate the taxi meter, failing to provide a regulation receipt and

charging a fare contrary to the minimum fare. However Canning,

representing himself,  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:47:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>whats the story with day of protest?</title>
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			<dc:creator>taximan</dc:creator>
			<description>ALL IS QUIET HERE</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:02:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PSV license goes up by over 1000% in a time when driver strugle to make a living.</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>Taxi group protesting in Dublin





Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:52







Dublin this afternoon. The protest is organised by a group calling 

itself Taxi Drivers for Change. The organisers accuse the Minister 

for Transport,Noel Dempsey, and the Taxi Regulator, Kathleen Doyle, 

of not listening to their concerns. They are also protesting against

a €247 increase in their renewal fees, which they say was done 

with no warning or consultation. 



Miss Katleen Doyle sure has the knack of announcing  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>history of Irish Taxi Deregulation</title>
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			<description> 





            Taxi drivers refuse to go back to work if deregulation goes ahead





            Wednesday, 29 November 2000 23:47

          



          

            Members of the National Taxi Drivers Union and the Irish Taxi 

Federation ended their meeting in Dublin tonight vowing that 

they will not return to work as long as Junior Environment Minister 

Bobby Molloy goes ahead with his plan for deregulation. The 2,000 

drivers met at the National Stadium in Dublin to discuss  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cork taxi rank</title>
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			<description>Union leader condones attacks on black drivers

Mark Hilliard

Cork taxi union refuses to apologise for denying membership to African drivers









	

	    

    	

    		

    			

	    		

	    		



    			Pictured

on Grand Parade is Lama Niankoye, the Cork city taxi driver who was

refused entry into the Taxi Drivers Union run by Derry Coughlan 



    		



    	

    	

    	

    		

    			

	    		

	    		



    			Derry Coughlan



    		



    	

    	

	



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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 15:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Bogus Galway Taxi driver jailed</title>
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			<description>BOGUS CITY TAXI DRIVER JAILED 



     Thu 23rd April 2009

    

       

          

    A bogus taxi driver in the city, has been jailed for carrying 

passengers without a taxi licence or insurance and while 

drunk on three occasions. 32 year old Hussein Lwanga, a 

Ugandan national with an address at 81 Garran Ard, Doughiska, 

pleaded guilty at Galway District Court to driving while over 

the alcohol limit on three dates in 2007. Lwanga also pleaded 

guilty to attempting to obtain a  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:20:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>working and signing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i><strong>Seems to be a lot of drivers signing and driving for offices these days.
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There not stupid enough to get saddled with a plate but happy to drive
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one. I thought all drivers in offices had to be registered on a
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database. Not happening by the looks of it. Like the first aid kit and
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fire hose. Just press releases by the cunt. oh Yeh some sign off for
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one day and work seven, great country we have.</strong></i>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:36:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Racist Garda harasses Black Taxi driver</title>
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			<description>Occasionally you get a story from a Taxi driver that's worth retelling



 Tony the Taxi Driver I got a lift home from Nuromantek (the club) last night with Aileen. We  hailed this taxi on Tomas Street and got in. The driver was listening to 98FM and I commented that the talk show did my head in and I couldn't bare to listen to it. He said he was listening to it because people were on about the cops and how they'd bungled the opportunity to catch the robbers who got away with EUR450,000 from  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:27:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Taxi terror in Bray</title>
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			<description>BRAY TAXI DRIVERS are in fear for their safety after bearing the brunt  

of a series of violent late-night incidents in the town. In the second 

clash of its kind in as many weeks, a mini-bus driver got caught in the 

middle of a punch-up on his bus in the King Edward Road area in the 

early hours of Sunday morning. The previous Friday at around 11 p.m. 

a man attempting to punch a taxi driver parked at the Dart rank exposed 

himself in the struggle during his arrest. 'He was so drunk he  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:06:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Irish women at their best</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>Woman arrested after trying to abscond from taxi



Mayo Advertiser, January 16, 2009.



					

					

					                    A 26-year-old woman who tried to make off without paying a 

€200 taxi fare and who was threatening and abusive to the 

driver and gardaí, was given a suspended sentence at Ballina 

District Court this week.  Garda Michael Flaherty outlined that 

he was called to the Urban District Car Park, Newline, Ballina 

at 8.25am on Saturday December 6, after Timothy Glynn,  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 15:48:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>You just can't win</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>I amazed at this attitude that suggests Taxi drivers are responsible

for the past situation when there were not enough taxis. In those days

there were 6,000 taxi licenses in Ireland. Your Government was

responsible for that. The taxi drivers driving today were in other

industries or indeed school. The age profile of a driver back then was

60yo and a license cost 90.000 punts. Just like the publican license

your Government were afraid to tackle it. The problem with Ireland's

taxi  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 15:41:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The only way on Waterford taxi rank is illegally</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>



You have two choices in Waterford, you can go home and get back in to bed and tell your family there is no money that week, or you can try work the rank and the only way on the rank is illegally. Like musical chairs the 500 taxis in Waterford just can not fit on the 16 rank spaces provided in the city center.  You get on the rank by any means on your family don't eat, its that simple.  You see in the video the taxi's are on the junction breaking the law in an effort to get on the rank. Again  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:47:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Gatso Van in Waterford parked in non-build up areas making a killing.</title>
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			<description>



Not much of a secret when his local buddy parkes his marked jeep in front of the Gatso van.

   



                             What is a Gatso van?

                                     Ans! -- undercover speed detectors..



A fleet of speed-detecting Gatso vans were launched on the nation's 

roads today. The vans, which are fitted with high-tech devices, are 

expected to enhance  the  effectiveness of the traffic corps. From today, 

the vans will be deployed at targeted  locations  ...</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:09:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>A customers experience of the higher standards brought about by the taxi regulator</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>Dodgy Taxis - Have you ever been in a taxi front seat

where the door handle was missing? Happened me this week and it was a

bit freaky. In order to get out of the car, I had to open the window

and open the door from the outside. It merely confirmed my suspicions

about the dodginess of the taxi driver concerned - he wasn’t the same

person as pictured on the ID card. I’m guessing the removed door handle

was to prevent people running off without paying. Unfortunately, I was

a little  ...</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:05:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/a-customers-experience-of-the-higher-standards-brought-about-by-the-taxi-regulator-t37.htm#51</comments>
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			<title>Waterford Taxi driver assaulted by Polish thugs.</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>Its reported a Waterford Taxi Driver picked up a customer believed to be

polish who brought him to the Dunmore road and then had him pick up to

more guys again of Eastern European extraction. When all three were in the

car, its reported they pulled a knife and hit him over the head with what is

believed to be a hammer. The driver was found later by drivers from his own

 office and brought to Waterford regional Hospital suffering head injuries and

cuts to his hand.



The Driver  ...</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>petition to stop new entrants into the taxi industry.</title>
			<link>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/petition-to-stop-new-entrants-into-the-taxi-industry-t35.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A driver in Waterford is going around the rank looking 
<br />
for drivers to sign a petition stopping new entrants 
<br />
and rented plates. The irony is, he a brand new driver 
<br />
and rented himself. Is not this a major problem. When
<br />
do we close the door, after I got my license or when you
<br />
got yours. To people outside the industry looking in, it
<br />
just looks like were looking for protection.]]></description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:33:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/petition-to-stop-new-entrants-into-the-taxi-industry-t35.htm#47</comments>
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			<title>taxi union</title>
			<link>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/taxi-union-t34.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
			<description>why is there no taxi union for drivers outside Dublin? We should have representation on the taxi commissioin.</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:04:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/taxi-union-t34.htm#46</comments>
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			<title>Nct penalty points</title>
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			<dc:creator>taximan</dc:creator>
			<description>from may 5 points for no NCT. shit load of taxis off the road soon</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:49:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/nct-penalty-points-t26.htm#34</comments>
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			<title>Worked Easter thursday before good friday.</title>
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			<dc:creator>Gerrythe cop</dc:creator>
			<description>earned 48 EURO from 6pm to 12. never in a long time has things been that bad before a good friday.</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:42:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/worked-easter-thursday-before-good-friday-t13.htm#17</comments>
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			<title>TDFC meeting</title>
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			<dc:creator>tobefrank</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[was there a meeting between TDFC and Dempsy, guys on the rank said it took place last week, any of ye know what happened <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_question.gif" alt="Question" longdesc="17" />  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_question.gif" alt="Question" longdesc="17" />]]></description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:56:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/tdfc-meeting-t21.htm#28</comments>
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			<title>KCR cabs, who pays the toll</title>
			<link>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/kcr-cabs-who-pays-the-toll-t15.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>tobefrank</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[no call out charge
<br />
no pick up fee,
<br />
no M50 toll charge.
<br />

<br />
<font color="yellow"><strong>Who's is paying the M50 Toll?  </strong></font>]]></description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/kcr-cabs-who-pays-the-toll-t15.htm#19</comments>
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			<title>These leaches they call politicians</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<font color="yellow">Its sickening to see politicians coming up to local elections pretending to 
<br />
give a feck about the taxi industry. Like we were some kind of idiots and
<br />
will some how forget their absence in the past few years, Like whores
<br />
they will tell you what you want to hear. Sure some politicians have been
<br />
behind us, but there easy to identify. they did not crawl out of the wood
<br />
work like leackes just months before local elections.</font>]]></description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/these-leaches-they-call-politicians-t17.htm#22</comments>
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			<title>Cummins wants moratorium on Taxi Licences</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>



Cummins wants moratorium on Taxi Licences





Friday, April 10th, 2009



by Jamie O'Keeffe





Maurice Cummins





“The number of Taxi Licences issued in recent years has reached

saturation point and there is an urgent need for a moratorium of a few

years to let the market settle.”



So says Waterford Fine Gael Senator Maurice Cummins

who told the Seanad that the lack of taxi ranks and spaces in every

town and city throughout the country means drivers are being forced to

work  ...</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>heard it all before</title>
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			<dc:creator>Gerrythe cop</dc:creator>
			<description>forget us when elected. thing were stupid.</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:44:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://taxieire.forumotion.net/general-chat-f1/heard-it-all-before-t14.htm#18</comments>
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			<title>Eugene supports taxi men and women</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>KILKENNY city local election candidate Eugene McGuinness wants 

new increased fines for those who park illegally in taxi ranks. It forms 

part of his plan to improve the taxi service and to bring some equity 

to the way taxi owners are treated. He pointed out that Kilkenny Borough 

Council has an obligation to protect the taxi ranks and to install proper 

taxi ranks. &quot;Of the two main taxi ranks that currently exist in Dunne's 

Stores car park, Bateman Quay one is never used (a  ...</description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Discount cabs, just the begining of a race to the bpottom.</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Listening on the radio to a Dublin Cab office offering 20% discounts on all fares.
<br />
Are the drivers that stupid. Are they demanding 20% off the office rent. How
<br />
can they be that stupid?]]></description>
			<category>General chat</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
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