Tag Archives: taxis

Taxi Confessions – why I’m boycotting taxis

This pretty dramatic e-mail came in to ValueIreland.com recently. Some strong stuff.
Ok – the following experiences, all happening directly after each other, [...]

Consumer News Weekend Short Stack

Here’s a few items for you for the weekend:

First ever negative comment – This week say my first ever negative comment on [...]

Help out by taking part in a taxi survey

In the past here on ValueIreland.com, myself and taxi drivers haven’t always seen eye to eye. However, here’s my olive branch. I [...]

WTH: Taxis with lights on, but passengers inside

Quentin Fottrell in the Irish Times Index section last Saturday highlighted something that always annoys me. Why the hell do taxi drivers [...]

8% Taxi Fare Increase

There was a little controversy last week over the 8% rise in taxi fares implement over the weekend. Not that much though, [...]

Too many Taxis in Dublin? So get a different job then!

At the risk of incurring the wrath of one or two taxi drivers as I did the last time I wrote about [...]

Very useful advice for when using a taxi

From Roy at IrishTaxi, here are some excellent tips on things to watch out for when using a taxi.
Following on from the [...]

Taxi receipts – have you ever been given one?

I don’t think I’ve ever received a receipt from a taxi driver since it became the responsibility of taxi drivers to provide [...]

The amazing invisible taxi protest

My car battery was dead
I only got to bed at 5, so I slept in
It was all very short notice
It was day [...]

Taxi Driver Protest

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago in response to taxi drivers complaints that there were as many taxi plates [...]