GALWAY TAXI DRIVERS TO STAGE DEMONSTRATION TODAY

Date Published: 06-May-2008

Taxi drivers will be out in force in the city this morning to show their anger with the Regulator over what they claim is the high number of plates being issued.Members of the National Taxi Drivers Union will be heading to taxi ranks in Galway city and across the country between 9 and 1 today to highlight the volume of cars and people carriers on the streets of our towns and cities.The union claims that since 2000, the number of registered taxis has risen from 3,900 to 20,500.