Proposals to restructure taxi industry

BUS and taxi lanes cannot be opened for everyone to use, taxi drivers warned yesterday as proposals to restructure the industry were announced.

Commenting on plans to open these lanes for hackneys and chauffeurs, the National Taxi Drivers’ Union warned against them.

“You can buy a hackney licence for €250 so what’s the point in having bus lanes if everybody in the country is going to be in them,” said president Tommy Gorman.