Derek Devoy: 'You’d need a helicopter to explore all of Ireland.. or at least a roof!'

TaxiWatch founder Derek Devoy says seeing Ireland from behind the wheel has offered a new perspective. He talks to Shauna McHugh

Derek pictured at Galway's Kylemore Abbey.

While many of us say we’d like a career where we get to call the shots and be in the driver’s seat more, few have taken that notion to heart quite as literally as Derek Devoy.

The Kilkenny man is perhaps best known for his voluntary work as founder of TaxiWatch, an organisation which strives to provide every taxi driver in Europe with suicide intervention skills and training. Set up in 2004, TaxiWatch has since taught countless drivers how to spot the signs of a passenger suffering through a suicide crisis, how to react, and how to get them to safety.