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Old September 19th, 2008 #72
Robert Bandanza
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Default Pro immigration group attempts to label “100% Irish” sticker as racist



100% Irish sticker is racist for pro immigration group

The Committee on Racism and Interculturalism wants to see a stronger stance against racism by passengers and taxi drivers because stickers with the words "100% Irish" have been spotted on the back of taxis, indicating that the taxi driver is an Irish national.

Tommy Gorman, President of the National Taxi Drivers Union, discussed one case where a foreign national taxi driver skipped others waiting at a rank.

He also referred to passengers who chose to skip a queue to go in another taxi.

The Commission for Taxi Regulation stated that they have "regulations in place regarding the placement of advertising and other notices on vehicles".

A spokeswoman said that without knowledge of the case, the commission would not be able to comment.

"It’s worth noting that all taxi drivers are required to pass the same licence application process," the spokeswoman said.

"I am quite concerned about this practice, if it is the case." said Philip Watt from the National Consultation Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) who deliberately fail to mention that only 50 racist incidents were reported in Ireland between January and July of this year. The information found that 10pc of these incidents related to taxi services.

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