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''We're protesting to highlight we have been forgotten''

Taxi drivers are protesting in Dublin today, to call on the government to provide more support fo...

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17.20 27 May 2021


''We're protesting to highlight we have been forgotten''


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17.20 27 May 2021


Taxi drivers are protesting in Dublin today, to call on the government to provide more support for the industry. Taxi drivers have said that current government measures do not go far enough to guarantee the taxi industry.

Kieran was joined by Jim Waldron, spokesperson with the National Private Hire and Taxi Association, taxi driver Dave McGuinness and Brendan Fox an ex taxi driver, to explain why they are protesting.

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