The new taxi regulator faces a difficult job as standards in the industry have reached an all-time low, drivers warned today.

JUST one-in-10 taxis are wheelchair accessible, down from one-in-five prior to deregulation, figures published yesterday reveal.

An alliance of disability groups has called for measures to ensure that one-fifth of all taxis in Ireland are wheelchair-accessible within the next three years.

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

Taxi drivers are still trying to reach a compromise with Transport Minister Seamus Brennan over his order that they be required to wear seatbelts at all times.

A major overhaul of Ireland’s taxi service is getting underway with a regulator to step into place within two months, it was confirmed today.

Thousands of taxi drivers have gone on strike today in protest at the Government's failure to appoint a full-time taxi regulator with statutory powers.

Thousands of taxi drivers are withdrawing their services today, in a 24-hour protest to last until 4am tomorrow.

ROGUE taxi drivers who pose a threat to customers will remain an ugly fact of life until the Minister for Transport appoints a regulator.

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary took to the airwaves yesterday to defend using his personal taxi to avoid Dublin traffic jams.

Taxi Unions say they are very disappointed with the findings of the Government's taxi-hardship panel, which they are describing as totally inadequate.

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

Hundreds of taxi drivers are protesting in Dublin today. They are withdrawing services for three hours over the Government's failure to appoint a regulator for the industry within the promised time frame.

The Government has approved plans to appoint a national taxi regulator to oversee the taxi, hackney and limousine industries.

FURTHER reform of the taxi industry may be linked to up-coming compensation claims arising from deregulation, it emerged last night.

Despite Government-directed reforms to the taxi service in Dublin, passengers still face 90-minute waits for cabs at peak times, according to a new survey.

The National Taxi Drivers Union has claimed that de-regulation has not brought any significant improvement to the taxi service.