#taxi-protests

#taxi-protests

"We won't back down," Mr O'Keeffe said. "The livelihood of taxi drivers depends on it. We won't allow [Uber] to run the Irish industry into the ground. "We have seen the devastating effect this had on Barcelona a number of years ago. "They come in and destabilise the market, they push out the regulated taxis until they have a control on the market, and then the prices increase."

The proposed law scrapping some environmental rules was rejected, but farmers felt satisfied as they redirected their efforts to influence the more favorable Senate.