{"id":216972,"date":"2025-12-05T14:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216972\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:55:15","slug":"dublin-taxis-to-stage-six-days-of-disruption-in-major-escalation-of-uber-app-dispute-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216972\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin taxis to stage six days of disruption in \u2018major escalation\u2019 of Uber app dispute \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taxi drivers are to stage a six-day protest targeting Dublin city centre and Dublin Airport<\/a> from Monday in a phase of \u201cmajor escalation\u201d over fixed fares introduced by Uber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Taxi Drivers Ireland group said it was demanding \u201cimmediate engagement\u201d from Government following recent appeals and protests<\/a> that caused significant disruption during rush hour.<\/p>\n

Drivers maintain that new fixed rates introduced on the taxi app are sometimes a third of what they would receive under a metered fare, and have said they will \u201cnot quietly accept the destruction of our livelihoods\u201d.<\/p>\n

The group claimed the Government had \u201cchosen silence instead of responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n

Where and when are taxi drivers planning to protest in Dublin?<\/p>\n

Taxi drivers are planning a series of protests in Dublin from Monday, December 8th. Here is where and when those rallies will take place.<\/p>\n

Monday<\/b>: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/b>: Protest near Dublin Airport between 4.30pm and 7.30pm, targeting \u201call holding areas and access locations outside of airport grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/b>: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/b>: Protest near Dublin Airport between 4.30pm and 7.30pm, targeting \u201call holding areas and access locations outside of airport grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/b>: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/b>: Protest at Dublin Airport from 4pm to 6pm, followed by a \u201crolling convoy\u201d from the north and south into the city centre, entering Dame Street for a \u201cslow rolling protest\u201d.<\/p>\n

A six-day \u201cnational shutdown protest\u201d from Monday to Saturday will bring \u201cthe real consequences of inaction to the streets\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe warned this would happen. Now it is happening,\u201d said Derek O\u2019Keeffe, spokesman for Taxi Drivers Ireland.<\/p>\n

In Dublin, the group has pledged to stage a protest from 7am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, during which drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday and Thursday, the group will stage a protest near Dublin Airport at rush hour between 4.30pm and 7.30pm, saying it will target \u201call holding areas and access locations outside of airport grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n

Taxi Drivers Ireland said the escalation was being taken with the \u201cfull support\u201d of its branches in Cork and Galway.<\/p>\n

A similar protest at Dublin Airport on Saturday from 4pm to 6pm will be followed by a \u201crolling convoy\u201d from the north and south into the city centre, entering Dame Street for a \u201cslow rolling protest\u201d, the group said.<\/p>\n

It apologised to the public for the pending disruption, adding that it was \u201cnot doing this lightly\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no justification for continuing to ignore us. If Government continues to look the other way, then disruption will continue and intensify,\u201d Mr O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Government thinks this will blow over, they are badly mistaken. This is the beginning of a national reckoning for an industry that refuses to disappear quietly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the system introduced at the start of this month, a customer booking a taxi journey through Uber is shown a projected range of metered prices for the trip, along with a fixed option which they can choose to take at the time of booking.<\/p>\n

An Uber spokesman told The Irish Times last week that potential passengers were \u201cmuch more likely to book a trip if they know what the fare is going to be\u201d and suggested this created \u201cmore earning opportunities for drivers\u201d.<\/p>\n

The drivers, however, said when there were delays to a journey due to heavy traffic or roadworks, the new system could have a significant effect on their level of income. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taxi drivers are to stage a six-day protest targeting Dublin city centre and Dublin Airport from Monday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,52,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,29639],"class_list":{"0":"post-216972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-uber"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115667541937041798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}