Delighted. Them lads are fierce dangerous. Should do away with them like they did in Galway.
Jock
Brilliant. I’ve been asking this for years.
Boba Fettucine
And the state policy of kicking down continues. Go after the soft targets for peanuts and let the mega corporations use the country as a money laundry.
Colin
What? As much as I disagree with the grossly over paid taxi industry in Ireland, at least they have insurance, some oversight in terms of vehicle safety and a regulating / governing body.
These lads are out making cash in hand with no overheads, regulation or insurance. Its actually a miracle no one has been killed or seriously injured with their carry on.
If they want to do it, do it right. There is still money to be made here.
Kevin Keegan
Easy there Colin.People are hit & hurt by taxis more times than you know.Insurance doesn’t actually fix broken bones.
You my friend are a tosser.
bob
That’s a bit harsh!
Not to mention uncalled for!
well
bit pedal cab cyclist detected.
haven’t you got tourists to annoy?
Medium Sized C
Its unfair to judge all rickshaw drivers by my own experiences and the experiences of my social circle, but I do know way more people who have been robbed or assaulted by rickshaw drivers than taxi drivers.
Bobby
Actually, insurance money pays for the medical treatment that fixes broken bones. It doesn’t stop you being a tosser, though. Sorry Kevin.
Harry the Horse
Awh….Are you upset? Did the mean police man take away your bike???
No, the other one
Why are you assuming they have no
Insurance?
Harry the Horse
I think it is more than reasonable to assume that they don’t have insurance.
No, the other one
Exactly – this! They are providing a service – why don’t the guards go after some bike thieves and confront them? Gutless
Vin
From Stephens Green to Wexford Street costs around €8 or so. They ain’t cheap. But at least you can drink, smoke and curse on them.
I, Scooperman
Bye law 1 Never drink, smoke, curse on your rickshaw driver
He was probably talkin’ ’bout being the driver *hic*
Sal
+1euro tip
WOD
Delighted! Some of those hoors store their ‘rickshaws’ at their own houses – three adjacent multi tenancy houses in a right state. Regularly woken up by them coming back from town en masse at 4 or 5am. And of course the usual carry on with bin bags out front, clothes drying on front railings or hanging out windows, complete messing, on an otherwise grand street.
Mick
Hmmm, working late hours instead of claiming dole, cleaning clothes and drying them?? How do these hippys think they are????
Mick
*Who
Splat
Who said instead of claiming the dole?
Mick
@ Splat, You know, when people can´t find work, they generally claim the dole. It´s not that hard to work out. I´m sure there are a few of them who enjoy doing what they do, but certainly not all of them. What do they do if they lose/quit their job and can´t find more work like thousands of others in Ireland?
Boba Fettucine
Entrepreneurial spirit is Thoughtcrime.
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
ReproBertie
A completely irrelevant 1984 quote being used to somehow vaguely criticise an attempt to cut down on potential tax evasion?
It’s too early in the morning for this level of pretention/tinfoil hat brigade gibberish.
Boba Fettucine
My point is its interesting what forms of ‘tax evasion’ are being targeted. E.g. Guys making buttons with a bike as opposed to Apple, Beats, Facebook, Starbucks etc etc washing vast sums tax free through Ireland.
Of course this raid had to happen on Thursday night as you’d never get those nice, upstanding Public Sector drones of Revenue to work on the Friday night of a bank holiday weekend. They’ll all be on the way home by 2.00pm today.
ReproBertie
Did you miss the budget where they announced the closing of the “double Irish”?
How do you know what forms of tax evasion are being targetted (unless of course you are one of those nice, upstanding Public Sector drones of Revenue)? Not many tax evasion checks would have a relatively high visibiilty like this. Most of them come in the form of an audit which is very low profile from the public’s point of view until the results are published as a list of defrauders picked up by the mainstream media.
You also seem to be confusing ‘default’ with ‘defraud’. Not everyone who Revenue deems to owe them money does so as a result of fraud. In fact Revenue consistently move the goalposts as to what is acceptable and then retrospectively claim tax and penalties.
overcharging drunks and tourists isn’t entrepreneurial , it’s a national pastime.
Don Pidgeoni
As long as it’s the Irish doing it it’s fine, it would appear
Kevin Keegan
Clothes drying in the air?!.Disgraceful
will-billy
lol pure scum :)
Roj
Think his point was more about drying clothes out the front of their gaff’s windows/balconys – which to me is fair enough, it does make any place look like a dump.
Don Pidgeoni
How else should people dry their clothes? Tumbler dryers are expensive and a waste of electricity when you have outside space.
chicken
clothes horse?
Don Pidgeoni
And those are fine. But I’m not going to dry my stuff inside if its grand dry weather out, now am I?
Maybe they are being stopped (finally) because they are rucking dangerous?
Tom Stewart
Am… how sure are we that Revenue were involved? All we seem to have to go on are two words of an afterthought “Revenue auditing” by someone called “Tequila Mockingbird”.
If instead they’re being cracked down upon because they just cycle around town ignoring every bloody rule of the road in existence then it’s long overdue. I’ve seen them:
– run red lights
– cycle down footpaths
– cross the road at pedestrian crossings
– cycle down streets crowded with pedestrians making everyone get out of their way (Grafton St.)
Tom Stewart
A bloody nuisance.
Don Pidgeoni
Tbf, lots of cyclists do this
Tom Stewart
Yes. And that’s being looked at. It isn’t now, but it will soon be possible to fine them:
Justifying rule-breaking just because other people break those rules is BS. Have rules, have everyone follow them. That’s it.
Don Pidgeoni
I’m not justifying it, I’m saying it happens. Moaning about one group of people doing something is BS when others are doing it too.
Tom Stewart
By that logic, if you complain about one group you suspect of committing tax evasion, you have to list every other group also suspected of committing tax evasion. That is not practical.
Don Pidgeoni
Of course, I forgot that everything is one or the other one the internet. Silly me!!
Tom Stewart
I don’t know what you mean. Do you mean that I’m saying that everything is black and white? If you are, that’s quite a departure from what we were talking about.
Also, if that’s what you meant, it’s quite a distortion of what I’ve said.
Maxi
I think I need glasses – I thought this was something to do with Rick O’Shea
Royal M
I’m genuinely surprised to see some of the comments here. Are they really that dangerous? I’ve never seen one of them hit someone or charge down a load of screaming pedestrians. Or, eh, hang clothes outside and do unspecified things with bin bags.
Tom Stewart
You’re happy to have them run red lights just because they don’t have registration numbers?
I need to get out of this country.
chicken
Much more likely they were checking if they have valid insurance, as carrying passengers & therefore could be required to have public liability, but tax evasion? doubtful…
Harry the Horse
I really can’t see the difference between these guys and a taxi driver. They’re offering their vehicle for hire, therefore they should have all necessary registrations, permits, insurances, licences, etc. They should have adequate lights front & back at night, and the passengers should be able to lodge a complaint if they’re unhappy with the service. Considering the high fares these guys charge, none of this should be a problem for them to take on board. As it currently stands, these guys can do and charge what they like.
Delighted. Them lads are fierce dangerous. Should do away with them like they did in Galway.
Brilliant. I’ve been asking this for years.
And the state policy of kicking down continues. Go after the soft targets for peanuts and let the mega corporations use the country as a money laundry.
What? As much as I disagree with the grossly over paid taxi industry in Ireland, at least they have insurance, some oversight in terms of vehicle safety and a regulating / governing body.
These lads are out making cash in hand with no overheads, regulation or insurance. Its actually a miracle no one has been killed or seriously injured with their carry on.
If they want to do it, do it right. There is still money to be made here.
Easy there Colin.People are hit & hurt by taxis more times than you know.Insurance doesn’t actually fix broken bones.
You my friend are a tosser.
That’s a bit harsh!
Not to mention uncalled for!
bit pedal cab cyclist detected.
haven’t you got tourists to annoy?
Its unfair to judge all rickshaw drivers by my own experiences and the experiences of my social circle, but I do know way more people who have been robbed or assaulted by rickshaw drivers than taxi drivers.
Actually, insurance money pays for the medical treatment that fixes broken bones. It doesn’t stop you being a tosser, though. Sorry Kevin.
Awh….Are you upset? Did the mean police man take away your bike???
Why are you assuming they have no
Insurance?
I think it is more than reasonable to assume that they don’t have insurance.
Exactly – this! They are providing a service – why don’t the guards go after some bike thieves and confront them? Gutless
From Stephens Green to Wexford Street costs around €8 or so. They ain’t cheap. But at least you can drink, smoke and curse on them.
Bye law 1 Never drink, smoke, curse on your rickshaw driver
He was probably talkin’ ’bout being the driver *hic*
+1euro tip
Delighted! Some of those hoors store their ‘rickshaws’ at their own houses – three adjacent multi tenancy houses in a right state. Regularly woken up by them coming back from town en masse at 4 or 5am. And of course the usual carry on with bin bags out front, clothes drying on front railings or hanging out windows, complete messing, on an otherwise grand street.
Hmmm, working late hours instead of claiming dole, cleaning clothes and drying them?? How do these hippys think they are????
*Who
Who said instead of claiming the dole?
@ Splat, You know, when people can´t find work, they generally claim the dole. It´s not that hard to work out. I´m sure there are a few of them who enjoy doing what they do, but certainly not all of them. What do they do if they lose/quit their job and can´t find more work like thousands of others in Ireland?
Entrepreneurial spirit is Thoughtcrime.
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
A completely irrelevant 1984 quote being used to somehow vaguely criticise an attempt to cut down on potential tax evasion?
It’s too early in the morning for this level of pretention/tinfoil hat brigade gibberish.
My point is its interesting what forms of ‘tax evasion’ are being targeted. E.g. Guys making buttons with a bike as opposed to Apple, Beats, Facebook, Starbucks etc etc washing vast sums tax free through Ireland.
Of course this raid had to happen on Thursday night as you’d never get those nice, upstanding Public Sector drones of Revenue to work on the Friday night of a bank holiday weekend. They’ll all be on the way home by 2.00pm today.
Did you miss the budget where they announced the closing of the “double Irish”?
How do you know what forms of tax evasion are being targetted (unless of course you are one of those nice, upstanding Public Sector drones of Revenue)? Not many tax evasion checks would have a relatively high visibiilty like this. Most of them come in the form of an audit which is very low profile from the public’s point of view until the results are published as a list of defrauders picked up by the mainstream media.
The closing of the loophole that was a direct result of overwhelming EU pressure and a European Commission ruling? https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/controversy-over-double-irish-raises-issue-of-eu-s-power-over-tax-regimes-1.1966394
You also seem to be confusing ‘default’ with ‘defraud’. Not everyone who Revenue deems to owe them money does so as a result of fraud. In fact Revenue consistently move the goalposts as to what is acceptable and then retrospectively claim tax and penalties.
If you’re interested in reading more about how Revenue are operating an ongoing campaign of shaking down small businesses this is a very good overview: http://www.alanmoore.ie/uncategorized/is-it-time-for-a-revenue-ombudsman/
overcharging drunks and tourists isn’t entrepreneurial , it’s a national pastime.
As long as it’s the Irish doing it it’s fine, it would appear
Clothes drying in the air?!.Disgraceful
lol pure scum :)
Think his point was more about drying clothes out the front of their gaff’s windows/balconys – which to me is fair enough, it does make any place look like a dump.
How else should people dry their clothes? Tumbler dryers are expensive and a waste of electricity when you have outside space.
clothes horse?
And those are fine. But I’m not going to dry my stuff inside if its grand dry weather out, now am I?
“Coolies”?
Moral handbag clutching via wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie
Yeah, its a bit….
This calls for a ‘rick off…
No better than holocaust deniers.
And buy some fecking lights.
Deniers ? Buy some fecking tights!
Nicely done.
“Garda sting on rickshaw operators. Revenue auditing….”
Eh???
What business is this of the Gardai?
Regarding earlier ‘dole’ comment, a lot of these lads aren’t entitled to any form of welfare.
Not EU citizens.
Great then they can be sent home for breaching the Terms of their visa
Footage of the raid here, worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROWqjuTM0g
Maybe they are being stopped (finally) because they are rucking dangerous?
Am… how sure are we that Revenue were involved? All we seem to have to go on are two words of an afterthought “Revenue auditing” by someone called “Tequila Mockingbird”.
If instead they’re being cracked down upon because they just cycle around town ignoring every bloody rule of the road in existence then it’s long overdue. I’ve seen them:
– run red lights
– cycle down footpaths
– cross the road at pedestrian crossings
– cycle down streets crowded with pedestrians making everyone get out of their way (Grafton St.)
A bloody nuisance.
Tbf, lots of cyclists do this
Yes. And that’s being looked at. It isn’t now, but it will soon be possible to fine them:
http://irishcycle.com/2014/10/17/on-the-spot-fines-for-cycling-road-traffic-offences-delayed-until-2015/
Justifying rule-breaking just because other people break those rules is BS. Have rules, have everyone follow them. That’s it.
I’m not justifying it, I’m saying it happens. Moaning about one group of people doing something is BS when others are doing it too.
By that logic, if you complain about one group you suspect of committing tax evasion, you have to list every other group also suspected of committing tax evasion. That is not practical.
Of course, I forgot that everything is one or the other one the internet. Silly me!!
I don’t know what you mean. Do you mean that I’m saying that everything is black and white? If you are, that’s quite a departure from what we were talking about.
Also, if that’s what you meant, it’s quite a distortion of what I’ve said.
I think I need glasses – I thought this was something to do with Rick O’Shea
I’m genuinely surprised to see some of the comments here. Are they really that dangerous? I’ve never seen one of them hit someone or charge down a load of screaming pedestrians. Or, eh, hang clothes outside and do unspecified things with bin bags.
You’re happy to have them run red lights just because they don’t have registration numbers?
I need to get out of this country.
Much more likely they were checking if they have valid insurance, as carrying passengers & therefore could be required to have public liability, but tax evasion? doubtful…
I really can’t see the difference between these guys and a taxi driver. They’re offering their vehicle for hire, therefore they should have all necessary registrations, permits, insurances, licences, etc. They should have adequate lights front & back at night, and the passengers should be able to lodge a complaint if they’re unhappy with the service. Considering the high fares these guys charge, none of this should be a problem for them to take on board. As it currently stands, these guys can do and charge what they like.
+1
http://www.herald.ie/news/gardai-and-revenue-in-rickshaw-crackdown-30689817.html