Overview
- Taxi Drivers Ireland said it has suspended further escalation and paused all protest activity while engagement with the Government takes place, notifying An Garda Síochána of the decision.
- A meeting at Government Buildings is scheduled for next week, and the suspension is temporary pending the outcome of those talks.
- The planned shutdown, if reinstated, would run Dec 8–13 with convoys between Mountjoy Square and Merrion Square on Dec 8, 10 and 12; airport holding-area protests on Dec 9 and 11; and a rolling convoy from Dublin Airport into the city on Dec 13.
- Organisers say the action responds to what they describe as regulatory failure to address the growth of app-based dispatchers, and they apologised for the disruption while noting support from Cork and Galway branches.
- Uber, whose fixed-price model has become a flashpoint, says drivers who accept fixed fares are earning more and that upfront pricing is boosting bookings, a claim drivers contest.