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I hate “busy” weekends
Used to be All Ireland final weekend meant a few extra euro in the pocket. Now it means thousands of extra Taxis on the streets No room on the ranks 24 hour Taxi jams on Georges street, Camden Street, Dawson Street and Log Jams on Harcourt and Lees...
Ireland By Taxi (website update)
The popular Ireland By Taxi website has had a facelift, customers should find it easier to navigate and the booking system has been simplified, with three methods to choose from. Online Booking form By E-mail By Phone Over 60% cheaper than the Me...
Misery Cabs
If you happen to be the third sub €6 euro fare your driver has queued for over an hour to accept, please do not expect the driver to be full of the joys. Please forgive him if he seems a little short fused. Please accept that the cab may feel a lit...
D4 Girls
This video, shot by A Nephew of mine and his buddies, captures the essence of D4 girls. David has hopes of one day being a big time director. The video certainly reminded me of a few trips with girls overdosing on ”OH MY GODS” in the ba...
WiFi on Board
Fleet Connect fitted my Taxi out with wireless broadband this morning, thereby allowing my customers to acsess the internet in the cab during the course of their journey. I was a little sceptical about just how fast the connection speed would be ...
Directions…a new service
I couldn’t call myself a Taxi driver if I wasn’t willing to offer directions. So, new to Irish Taxi blog on the right hand sidebar, about half way down, you can get em! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Firishtaxi.org%2F%3Fp%3D1063'; add...
Seomra Sprai, one for the hippies
I had a couple of Hippies in the Taxi a few days ago who told me about this place: Seomra Spraoi It used to be a squat, but nowadays they pay rent and it’s all legit, seemingly you can bring your six pack, sit around smoking and drinking all ni...
Casino Marino
Finally! One of Dublin’s best attractions has been given the spotlight treatment and can be seen shining brightly from the Malahide road. All visitors to Dublin should put this Architectural gem on their itinery. Casino Marino Built to look li...
Despatch no more
Well it looks as though our fledgling despatch company isn’t long for this world. We’ve set up a system that ensures we can look after every customer who avails of the form (click the “order a taxi!” logo in the sidebar to see...
Free bikes, coming very soon
Spotted this on Chatham street tonight; there’s another one being started on the Green at the top of Grafton street Stand for the free bike scheme under construction on Chatham Street What effect will these have on the Taxi trade, it might on...
The Luas, Dangerous for passengers?
Two articles from todays Herald: We cannot lose our once-loved Luas to bunch of brutes When Dublin’s Luas system finally took to the tracks in 2004, I remember being embarrassed by a comment made by a visiting Romanian, who thought it bizarre ...
DublinTaxi.net
www.dublintaxi.net The great new way to book your Dublin Taxi, ONLINE! Efficient friendly service Clean comfortable cabs Multi seat/ Wheelchair accessible available on request All areas of Dublin covered No job too small Please bookmark www.dublint...
First the good news
The nearly completed conference centre will bring much needed work for the suffering Taxi business, most of it mid week and not only from the centre itself, a major part of these conferences is the entertaining, wining and dining that goes hand in ha...
Who killed Bambi?
After dusk the deer come out to graze along the verges in the Phoenix park, sometimes venturing out on to the road. Passengers often tell me about the fines imposed should I kill one of them with my car, with the fines varying from €350 up to €15...
Wassat?
Anyone notice the new “Art installation” at the top of Grafton Street? Do you like it? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Firishtaxi.org%2F%3Fp%3D982'; addthis_title = 'Wassat%3F'; addthis_pub = '';...
Happy Paddy’s Day
This is fairly representative of what I saw out of my windscreen tonight; addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Firishtaxi.org%2F%3Fp%3D961'; addthis_title = 'Happy+Paddy%26%238217%3Bs+Day'; addthis_pub = '';...
Next weeks bus strike
The buses go on strike next Saturday, 28th Feb, the day of the Ireland V England rugby match in Croke park. I heard in a radio interview that there may be a problem with the service from Sunday on, as a picket will be placed on the garages by those w...
Love it or hate it? pt.3 - The view from Clontarf.
Clontarf is one of the posher areas of Dublin, an extremely desirable place to live, with house prices to match, I’m sure at one time it was nice…… to walk along the beach and admire the view across to Dunlaoighaire or Howth, but fo...
Love it, or hate it? pt.2- The Spire
The Spire seems to be the most despised erection in the city,. So: Does the Stiffy near the Liffey get you tingling? Does the Stiletto in the ghetto make you want to walk? or Does the needle get you high? It’s the very tall one in the middle, w...
Wrong all along
I brought a lovely Donegal girl home to her house in Deansgrange last night and she told me of her impending marriage to a lad from Kilkenny next May. I dove straight in with my vitreol, saying how country boys and girls come down to Dublin, hang out...
Dublin Taxi tours site
This is an idea I’ve been working on for the past few weeks, I was hoping you guys would take a look and tell me what you think. I’m only going to leave it live for a week or so to gauge your reaction, so please do not book a tour! errrrr...
