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23/08/2012
Dublin Airport Taxi Strike Continues
A taxi driver strike at Dublin Airport continued today, with extra terminal staff on the ground directing travellers to buses and rental cars.
The drivers are striking over access to an overflow area for taxi ranks at the transport hub.
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) cut 70 spaces in a holding bay, saying they needed them for commercial use.
This led to taxi drivers getting tickets for parking on roads before moving in to pick up fares.
It is understood that gardai have since rescinded the parking fines.
Today, DAA authorities returned 30 of the 70 spaces and called on the Irish Taxi Drivers Federation (ITDF) to call off the wildcat strike.
A spokesman said: "We would urge the drivers to resume services. We remain amenable to talks."
Talks are scheduled for tomorrow between the two groups, but ITDF president John Usher said the issue was "at a stalemate".
In the meantime, extra express bus services have been laid on into the city centre, and taxi drivers will drop passengers off at the airport but are refusing to pick them up.
Some 1,500 drivers are licensed to pick up fares in the airport.
They pay €400 a year for their permits.
(NE)
The drivers are striking over access to an overflow area for taxi ranks at the transport hub.
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) cut 70 spaces in a holding bay, saying they needed them for commercial use.
This led to taxi drivers getting tickets for parking on roads before moving in to pick up fares.
It is understood that gardai have since rescinded the parking fines.
Today, DAA authorities returned 30 of the 70 spaces and called on the Irish Taxi Drivers Federation (ITDF) to call off the wildcat strike.
A spokesman said: "We would urge the drivers to resume services. We remain amenable to talks."
Talks are scheduled for tomorrow between the two groups, but ITDF president John Usher said the issue was "at a stalemate".
In the meantime, extra express bus services have been laid on into the city centre, and taxi drivers will drop passengers off at the airport but are refusing to pick them up.
Some 1,500 drivers are licensed to pick up fares in the airport.
They pay €400 a year for their permits.
(NE)
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