Plans to hold a series of massive rolling taxi protests over fixed fares introduced by Uber, which promised major disruption in Dublin, have been suspended. <\/p>\n
In a statement on Friday afternoon, Taxi Drivers Ireland said that they had decided to suspend the planned six day action and associated protests after agreeing to talks at Government Buildings next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaxi drivers have confirmed they are suspending further escalation of protest action pending the outcome of a meeting at Government Buildings scheduled for next week,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have also informed An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na that all protest activity will be paused while engagement with Government takes place.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said: \u201cWe are acting in good faith. Pending the outcome of next week\u2019s meeting, we have suspended further protest action and hope meaningful progress will be made on the issues facing taxi drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suspension is temporary and subject to the outcome of the meeting, the group said.<\/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 had 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: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tuesday: 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: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n
Thursday: 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: From 7am, drivers will proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square in Dublin and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n
Saturday: 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
In Dublin, the group had pledged to stage a protest from 7am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, during which drivers were to proceed in convoy from Mountjoy Square to Merrion Square and \u201cremain parked until 5pm\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday and Thursday, the group planned a protest near Dublin Airport at rush hour between 4.30pm and 7.30pm, saying it would target \u201call holding areas and access locations outside of airport grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n
A similar protest had been planned at Dublin Airport on Saturday from 4pm to 6pm, to 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
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":"Plans to hold a series of massive rolling taxi protests over fixed fares introduced by Uber, which promised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[615,42,43,40,38,41,39,6114],"class_list":{"0":"post-176850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-dublin","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories","15":"tag-uber"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176850","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=176850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}