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Taxi Drivers to Escalate Protests as Row Over Uber’s Fixed-Fare Model Intensifies

Taxi drivers are set to intensify their campaign against Uber’s new fixed-fare model after their union said no stakeholder responded to their deadline for talks. A major protest is planned in Dublin this Thursday at 4.30pm, with organisers apologising for the disruption but insisting the action is necessary due to mounting financial strain. Drivers argue … Read more

Dublin taxi driver charged with raping female passenger

A Dublin taxi driver has been accused of raping a young woman passenger in the back of his car. The Taxi driver who cannot be named due to the charge he is accused of appeared before Dublin District Court. Garda charged him with raping the passenger, a woman in her early 20s, in the early … Read more