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Anyone listening to Sarah McInerney yesterday morning on RTE radio one would have heard a 23 minute interview with minister for transport, Eamonn Ryan.  By now everyone has watched the short video of minister Ryan caught sleeping during a vote in the Dail, seems he must have been sleeping again when he was informed of the McInerney interview because he was extremely ill prepared. If you need proof of a minister who is way out of his depth you only have to listen back to this 20 minute interview.  Here, regarding School transport, is a short excerpt from the interview...   Sarah .    “School transport is a big one (Contradiction). Parents are very worried, piling kids onto buses where there is no social distancing. What is going to happen there?”    Ryan .     “Government accepted the recommendations of NPHET. The need for us to try and ensure safety in all our different transport systems...what is said is we'll have to look at that fu...

  Traditionally, August is a quiet month for the taxi industry. Now, 2 weeks into August, within a pandemic, we have the bizarre situation of more and more drivers returning to work and signing off the covid 19 unemployment payment.  Reasons for returning are varied but it seems most feel pressured to give up the welfare payments and go back to taxiing.................. • Their insurance company refuse to extend social and domestic cover only, so the driver has to go back to full taxi insurance, which is a lot more expensive, and they consider the only way to cover the cost is to return to work. • The driver has had weekly payment reduced to €203 from €350 because there seems to be no recognition from government that although a taxi is not in use it still costs to have it sitting in the driveway.  • Freenow advising that their app is busy when it clearly is not.  • There's a lot of confusion over the vehicle licence suspension. • Apply for the meagre govern...