Taxis across the country are at a standstill today with the 24-hour all-out strike supported by some of the trade unions takes place. The NTDU are not officially supporting the protest but said that drivers were unlikely to work during the stoppage by other drivers.
Pickets have been mounted at many of the taxi ranks around the country. Roads in Dublin city were noticeably quieter this morning as a result of the strike which continues until 4am on Tuesday morning.
Taxis going for all-out strike
The planned 24-hour all-out strike by taxi drivers around the country is set to go ahead on Monday 30th. This is the first protest or strike by taxi drivers to receive wide-ranging support from taxi drivers around the country, SIPTU and the breakaway Taxi Drivers For Change, who have been responsible for most of the protests thus far.
According to irishtaxi.org, “4 a.m. on the 30th of March and will end at 4 a.m. on March 31st”. Looks SIPTU have posted a press release informing the public that there will also be a protest on the morning of April 1st at Dublin airport. In other ‘news’, seems the Nationa Taxi Drivers Union (NTDU) website, www.ntdu.ie, is either undergoing maintenance or even a facelift.
SR Technics protest on Kildare Street
The words of SR Technics chanting outside the Department of Transport.
SR Technics’ employees are presently protesting outside the office of the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, over the lack of effort to save the jobs that will be lost when the company closes the Dublin facilities and over the proposed redundancy packages to be offered.
This is their second protest through Dublin city centre this month.
More photos here, will add as slideshow when Flickr co-operates 
