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TAXI FARE INCREASES of 3.22% come into effect today.
The National Transport Authority (NTA) passed the 3.22% increase in September after the Taxi Fares Review which said that costs of operating a taxi had increased by this amount since the last price rise in 2015.
Under the new NTA rules, the set initial charge for all taxis will rise from €3.60 to €3.80 during standard hours, and €4 to €4.20 during premium hours.
As the new fares take effect, your journey into town, or into work, that costs €18, will cost around €18.70.
Here’s a breakdown of how it’ll affect your journey:
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Taxi driver concerns
Taxi drivers have warned that the cost of this rise can be high.
Some taxi drivers that TheJournal.ie spoke to when the announcement was made, however, said the fare increases will act as a deterrent for people to get taxis and that the cost of recalibrating the taxi metre means that it’s not worth the hassle.
All taxi metres will need to be recalibrated to adjust to the new fare system.
Getting that done can cost up to €100, some taxi drivers informed us.
Furthermore, the devices need to be checked by the National Standards Authority of Ireland’s Legal Metrology Service. This costs a further €86 to be done by the NSAI’s chosen “accredited verifier”.
If a taxi meter is not calibrated correctly, the driver is liable to a fine of €250. And if the device is not “sealed” by an accredited verifier, then a fine of €80 applies.
Bill McSweeney, from Irish Taxi Tours, told TheJournal.ie that while the cost of operating a taxi is indeed rising, a rise of 3% is “totally negated by the cost associated with having to recalibrate and reseal the metre”.
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In a word, brilliant.
I really enjoyed that. Love seeing pictures of 1940′s Ireland as that’s the decade my parents were born into and it’s a few second glimpse into that world.
I could watch many hours straight of footage like that from that period, but where would you get it? RTE is one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world but it’s TV station didn’t launch 1962 and so they can;t have anything substantial from that 40′s period I assume?
An awful lot can be found on Pathè and Movietone.
People looked so happy back then.
Before the Celtic Tiger.
Celtic Tiger turned people into ass holes
And Dublin looked great.
I remember my mother wearing a head scarf when we were kids and she was only in her 30′s.
Wonderful memory as Irish people tried to forget WW2 & tried to have some fun with snows!
Any footage from outside Dublin?
Nice article Dan.
Thanks Michael – Happy Christmas!
No problem Dan, Happy Christmas.
I’d much rather live in those times than now.
I’m sure some people reading this remember (like the footage of St Stephen’s Green) the making of slides on Dublin streets great fun for the us kids but not great for cyclists or older people.
Have a great XMas
The speed of that bus in the 2nd clip!!
Lovely movies of simpler times
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