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Taxis

BP Exclusive

DAA in crisis talks to avert threat of St Patrick’s weekend taxi strike

Taxi drivers are unhappy at Dublin Airport management’s refusal to recognise their associations in negotiations
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 11, 2023
Transport

High fees on taxi drivers at Dublin Airport compounding ride shortages, Free Now tells government

Taxi company says that 75% of taxis which travel to the airport leave without customers due to rules requiring them to have a permit, which costs €440 per year
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 12, 2023
Companies

Free Now hails later pub closing but warns of Christmas shortage

Taxi-hailing platform reported a 38 per cent increase in turnover in 2021 as Free Now country manager says changes to alcohol licensing laws may help ease the pressure on demand for taxis at peak times
  • Charlie Taylor
  • October 29, 2022
Columnists

Anton Savage: When customers decide ‘there’s an app for that, but I don’t want to use it’

Apps for booking taxis or delivering food are great most of the time, but when they go wrong, they go very wrong. That’s why more and more of us are bypassing them to get to our favourite retailers directly
  • Anton Savage
  • September 30, 2022
Companies

Free Now lobbies for key law change to tackle night-time taxi shortage

German-headquartered company calls for a change in alcohol licensing laws to stagger the closing times of pubs and nightclubs
  • Donal MacNamee
  • September 15, 2022
Companies

Free Now boss says taxi shortage is due to rise in demand and fewer drivers

Niall Carson says there has been a huge surge in demand as more people have become more digitally native and moved to hailing taxis through apps
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • June 4, 2022

Taxi drivers demand promised fare hike to offset record fuel costs

The National Transport Authority granted the increase over two years ago, but it was delayed due to the pandemic
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 5, 2021

Matt Cooper: It looks like Boris Johnson’s one shot at power is nearly over

From the trail of sleaze from the Owen Paterson affair to ongoing controversy over his finances to Brexit chaos, it’s all going pear-shaped for the British prime minister
  • Matt Cooper
  • November 20, 2021

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