GALWAY TAXI DRIVERS FACE MAJOR PROBLEMS DURING RACE WEEK

Date Published: 29-Jul-2008

Taxi drivers in Galway are calling on the City Council again, to implement a system wherby taxis have places to park and access around the city is more flexible.Yesterday, taxi drivers say the experienced major problems when trying to transport passengers to the racecourse in Ballybrit.This is despite a new entrance being created for taxis this year.Spokesperson for Galway taxi drivers, Des O Dowd says they had delays of over an hour trying to get out of the racecourse yesterday.He also claims that Gardaí were "heavy handed" in dealing with the situation.Des O Dowd says taxi drivers in Galway city face major problems this week in particular.