Taxi driver fined for circuitous route

A Dublin Airport taxi driver has been fined €250 after he was found guilty of failing to take an accountant on the shortest route to his home in Blackrock.

Barry Burns, aged 42, of Bath Rd, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. had contested a taxi regulation charge of not driving as directed by his passenger.

John Conroy told the court he travelled a lot for work and gets a taxi from the airport to his home in south Dublin. He always asked to be taken via the M1 and the fare was €35, he told Judge Miriam Walsh at Dublin District Court.