Cork taxi driver fails in appeal to renew licence over complaints about inappropriate conversations

The court heard that he had sent a text to one of them months after her journey

The taxi driver said no complaints were ever made about him to the taxi company and that he had worked without complaint for seven years. File picture: Denis Minihane

A taxi driver lost his taxi licence when gardaí objected to its renewal following complaints from two young women that he allegedly had inappropriate conversations with them and that he sent a text to one of them months after her journey.

Jaman Chowdury of Bessboro Road, Cork, who is his mid-30s, appealed the garda objection to the renewal of his public service vehicle licence, but Judge Catherine Ryan said on Friday: “The court has heard this appeal on the refusal of the renewal of your licence.