Taximen to drive home point with Ryder Cup

THE three unions representing thousands of the country’s taxi drivers will meet early next week to decide how much they will disrupt service to the Ryder Cup.

Taximen to drive home point with Ryder Cup

At a national meeting in Dublin on Wednesday drivers voted unanimously in favour of industrial action to coincide with the Ryder Cup, as well as refusing to pay a €500 fee to use the Dublin Airport taxi rank.

The protest is in response to measures being introduced by the taxi regulator, Ger Deering, which drivers say are hitting them in the pocket. Those measures come into effect on September 25.

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