Taxi drivers to go on strike

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.

Three representative bodies SIPTU, the National Taxi Drivers' Union and the Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation have called on all their members to mark the second anniversary of deregulation by withdrawing their services in Dublin and other cities.

"Because of the way deregulation was introduced, the taxi industry is now in a state of chaos," said SIPTU spokesperson Jerry Brennan.