{"id":162762,"date":"2025-11-27T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/162762\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:26:07","slug":"commuters-warned-of-heavy-traffic-due-to-taxi-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/162762\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuters warned of heavy traffic due to taxi protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taxi drivers in Dublin protesting against the introduction of fixed fares by Uber are disrupting traffic in Dublin city centre and at the roundabout beside Dublin Airport.<\/p>\n<p>There are three separate slow drive protests by groups of taxis taking place.<\/p>\n<p>One left from Conyngham Road, beside the Phoenix Park and another from Clontarf Road.<\/p>\n<p>Those two groups will meet at Matt Talbot Bridge in the north of the city before heading for Merrion Square and Government Buildings.<\/p>\n<p>A third protest is slowing drivers between the airport roundabout and the roundabout at Junction 2 of the M1 motorway (airport exit).<\/p>\n<p>The protests are expected to disperse at around 6pm.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0fPassenger Advisory\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Due to a planned protest by taxi drivers in the Dublin area this afternoon (between 16.30 and 18.30), traffic on the roads around Dublin Airport may be heavier than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Some delays are possible, meaning passengers due to fly from Dublin Airport this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLy01INutK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLy01INutK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DublinAirport\/status\/1994033810636222700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dublin Airport has advised passengers to give themselves &#8220;plenty of time&#8221; to travel to the airport this evening due to the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 1,500 taxi drivers are expected to take part in the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin Airport said traffic on roads near the airport may be heavier than usual, and delays are possible.<\/p>\n<p>Airport Police, garda\u00ed and local authority traffic management teams will work to minimise disruption for passengers and staff travelling to and from the airport, Dublin Airport said.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster also urged those who are attending shows in Dublin this evening to allow for additional time and expect delays en route to event venues.<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taxi drivers in Dublin protesting against the introduction of fixed fares by Uber are disrupting traffic in Dublin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-162762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}