'Cash only' taxi driver facing loss of licence urged to open bank account

Adjourning the case, judge asks the State to consider the proportionality of its response in effectively taking away man's livelihood

Taxi drivers are required by law to accept cashless payments. File picture

A taxi driver who faces losing his taxi licence for refusing to accept card payments was in court on Friday to appeal against the revocation and the presiding judge asked the State to consider the proportionality of its response in effectively taking away the man’s livelihood.

Judge Mary Dorgan said the State was issuing fixed penalty notices on William Wyse, of Onslow Gardens, Commons Road, Cork, where there were complaints of him not accepting card payments in his taxi.