3,000 plan to sit drivers’ exam in the coming months

TAXI drivers have threatened to create traffic gridlock in Dublin and elsewhere unless the Government responds to its call for a cap on driver numbers.

The third protest in as many weeks in Dublin yesterday brought more than 300 taxi drivers onto Molesworth St in Dublin city centre, where they called on Transport Minister Noel Dempsey to meet with them to discuss plans to limit new taxi driver numbers.

Committee members of the Taxi Drivers for Change group delivered another letter to Leinster House addressed to Mr Dempsey, and also delivered letters to each TD and MEP.