Taxi protest to cause disruption at Dublin airport

HUNDREDS of air passengers face disruption at Dublin Airport this morning with SIPTU taxis refusing to carry passengers from the airport for four hours.

The action is aimed in particular at business passengers travelling into the city for work and is in protest, according to the union, at the lack of rights for drivers to appeal decisions taken by the industry regulator.

From 7.00am to 11.00am drivers will arrive up to the airport with passengers but once they drop off and move towards to the taxi holding area they will be asked by SIPTU not to proceed to the main passenger pick-up area.