A TAXI driver has been charged with the murder of Sian O’Callaghan.

TAXI driver groups have given a guarded welcome to a series of reforms for the industry announced by the Commission for Taxi Regulation.

TAXI drivers have warned older members could be pushed out of the industry if they are forced to sit a tough new exam system announced by the Commission for Taxi Regulation.

A TAXI driver convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting women passengers has been jailed indefinitely.

Taxi drivers staging a 24-hour work stoppage tonight vowed to step up their campaign for better working conditions.

TAXI drivers have threatened to create traffic gridlock in Dublin and elsewhere unless the Government responds to its call for a cap on driver numbers.

TAXI drivers have claimed the industry is in crisis due to the rising number of plates being issued and lack of taxi rank spaces in the leading cities and towns.

TAXI fares will be 8.3% dearer from November 1.

TAXI drivers will this morning petition regulator Kathleen Doyle to have a deputy taxi regulator appointed to Munster.

TAXI drivers in tourist haven Killarney are facing unfair competition from drivers coming in from other areas — including Cork, it has been claimed.

A TAXI driver whose quick thinking saved the life of a passenger was last night crowned driver of the year.

TAXI drivers have expressed disappointment at the sudden resignation of the country’s first taxi regulator in the middle of a series of often controversial reforms of the industry.

TAXI drivers have abandoned their threat to withdraw services from the Ryder Cup in their dispute over planned changes to fares and charges.

TAXI drivers in Killarney are up in arms over a submission sent by Killarney Town Council to the Commission for Taxi Regulation.

TAXI drivers are set to postpone a formal submission for a fare increase until next January after Taxi Regulator Ger Deering ruled out their demand for a 50 cent surcharge to compensate plate-holders for rising petrol prices.

Singer Sinead O’Connor is in Jamaica recording a reggae album with some of the Caribbean island’s leading musicians.

A TAXI union leader yesterday claimed part-time cab drivers were a danger to the public for working in excess of legal maximum limits - before admitting that full-time drivers often work even longer.

A TAXI driver who subjected three passengers to a four-hour rape ordeal in his flat has been jailed for 21 years at the Central Criminal Court.

TAXI drivers warned they are more vulnerable to attacks as changes on seat belt regulations came into force yesterday.

TAXI unions have accused Transport Minister Seamus Brennan of running a red light with his decision to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory for drivers from this Thursday.

TAXI drivers’ representatives have warned drivers in Waterford to be on the alert for passengers using taxis to ferry drugs.

TAXI drivers in Waterford are refusing to bring Travellers to their halting sites following a series of assaults.

A TAXI driver suspected Harold Shipman was killing his elderly customers because they were dying “suddenly and unexpectedly“, the inquiry into the former doctor’s crimes heard yesterday.

TAXI drivers in Dublin are threatening a series of one-day stoppages unless the Government introduces an immediate moratorium on the issuing of licences.

TAXI drivers in Dublin are threatening a series of one-day stoppages unless the Government introduces an immediate moratorium on the issuing of licences.

TAXI drivers throughout the country are to gather in Dublin next month for their biggest protest against deregulation.

A TAXI driver who scooped over £14 million (€20m) on the British National Lottery was yesterday meeting his long-lost son for the first time in years.

TAXI drivers do not expect to get post-deregulation hardship payments in the next few weeks.

TAXI drivers attached to the country’s largest trade union are to begin a rolling campaign to protest against what they claim are the disastrous consequences of deregulation.

A TAXI driver was arrested yesterday afternoon after three women claimed they were raped and then held for four hours in the man’s South Dublin flat.

TAXI drivers will get up to €13,000 in compensation as part of a €13m hardship fund announced by the Government last night.

TAXI customers can now text their experiences, good, bad and indifferent, to the National Taxi Drivers Union.

TAXI leaders have warned they will stage further public protests if Transport Minister Seamus Brennan fails to address issues of concern they raised with him during talks yesterday.

TAXI drivers are staging a nationwide three-hour strike next Thursday in protest at the lack of progress on Government promises to alleviate hardship in the industry since deregulation.

TAXI driver leaders yesterday described as speculation reports that a €20m fund was being made available to members who lost large sums of money because of deregulation.