Taxi Protest on O’Connell Street
Dec | September 11, 2006There is an on going protest Taxi on O’Connell Street. It is reported to be causing major traffic disruption with taxis parked all along the street, the drivers are marching up and down the street. Dublin Bus is not letting passengers off at O’Connell Street stops and traffic is backed up along the quays.
Traffic in Dublin city centre is now backed up from O’Connell Street to Parkgate Street.
The whole of Dublin’s north quays are affected as a result of an impromptu protest by taxi drivers taking place around O’Connell St.
Newstalk 106 reported that the drivers had a confrontation with their union representatives at the phoenix park when told that the taxi regulator would not meet with them. The drivers then abandoned the planned slow drive on the M50 and instead headed into O’Connell Street.
According to Radio 1 now (17:52) Tommy Gorman, President of the National Taxi Drivers’ Union has advised “he has lost control of the situation” and is in the Gresham Hotel “trying to make contact with the Transport Minister”.
Sounds like its a walk home for a lot of people tonight (including me) judging by the current traffic chaos in the city centre.
Where are the riot squad? If the unions admit they have lost control then I say we let the Gardai have at em.
(Or maybe we could hand out bowler hats, drums and orange sashes and call the Shinners out of the pubs, may as well put them to some use)
LOL Dec, that’s gotta be the funniest comment I’ve seen here yet!!
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