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CCTV call after Newbridge knife attack on taxi driver

Taxi drivers are calling for CCTV at Newbridge ranks in the wake of a second vicious attack in four months. A taxi driver was held up at knife point last week, just three months after another driver was hit with a bar in a robbery on Station Road. ...

01 Mar 2017 at 08:05

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Taxi driver suffers facial injuries in Naas assault

A taxi driver was assaulted in Naas in a dispute over a fare. The incident happened in the town centre on March 1 at 3.30am. Read more County Kildare news The driver was flagged down at South Main Street. Two males then asked to be taken home to ...

10 Mar 2020 at 12:29

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Kildare Gardai catch Taxi driver speeding on M4 motorway

Leixlip Roads Policing conducted a speed checkpoint on Saturday, 11 January on the M4 motorway with several cars pulled over. One such motorist was a taxi driver detected speeding at 149km/hr on the motorway, all to collect a fare. The driver ...

13 Jan 2020 at 15:23

National News

Driver with no license or taxi registration caught operating taxi service

Gardaí have caught an unlicensed driver operating a taxi service. According to An Garda Síochána, the Commercial Vehicle Unit made the discovery while checking the certifications of taxi drivers with colleagues at the National Transport ...

12 May 2024 at 13:32

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Customers to face hiked taxi fares following a review of costs

Minimum taxi fares are set to increase by at least 9%, following a national review. Research has found an increase in costs of running a taxi service, which is now set to be passed on to the customer. The National Transport Authority ...

04 Jul 2024 at 18:58

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KILDARE: Man who refused to pay taxi fare is driven to garda station

A taxi driver who was denied payment drove his passenger to Naas garda station. Before Naas District Court was Modestas Kubilius, 3, whose address was given as Fr McVerry Homeless Shelter, Kerdiffstown, Naas. He was prosecuted for ...

21 Jul 2023 at 20:00

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Newbridge debate results in ONE extra taxi space

The provision of one extra taxi rank space for Newbridge has been voted in by local councillors. Local taxi drivers had been looking for two spaces at the rank outside Michael Murphy's, but some councillors felt the figures did ...

27 Dec 2016 at 12:12

Naas

Rows breaking out over taxi queues in Naas

A signpost is needed in Naas to indicate where exactly a taxi queue starts. Naas mayor Fintan Brett asked KCC to install a signpost at Market Square, “to denote the starting place for queuing for taxis." He said he witnessed ...

20 Sept 2024 at 18:00

National News

ALERT: Major taxi shortages raises alarm for public safety over Christmas

The Taxis for Ireland Coalition has called to Irish policymakers to recognise the significant lack of licensed taxi drivers in Ireland and raises alarm over public safety issues during the Christmas period. They have called ...

19 Dec 2024 at 12:32

Local News

Newbridge taxi ranks could be colour coded

The option of colour coding telegraph poles at taxi ranks, disabled places and loading bays is being looked at as a way of more clearly defining the spaces. Cllr Mark Lynch (SF) is pushing for the move. “Colour coded poles ...

09 Apr 2017 at 07:00

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GUILTY: Dublin taxi driver convicted of raping two young women in back of cab

A Dublin man has been convicted of the rape of two young women in the back of his taxi two years ago. Raymond Shorten (50) of Melrose Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of anal ...

14 Jun 2024 at 12:49

Naas

Kildare minister wants CCTV in taxis - but he can't do it

Kildare North FF TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport James Lawless has said he supports the introduction of mandatory CCTV in taxis, but that it is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) ...

13 Aug 2024 at 15:00

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