Taxi drivers should not have other full-time jobs, says union

A TAXI union leader has called on the new taxi regulator to consider restricting people with other full-time jobs from entering the profession.

Vinnie Kearns of the National Taxi Drivers’ Union said he was aware of around 40 workers from one large factory on Dublin’s northside who had taxi plates.

“They are a potential danger, not only to people when they are driving taxis, but their colleagues in their other place of work, because of the long hours they are working,” he said.