Taxi driver suspended for throwing Irish speakers out of his car

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A taxi driver in Glasgow has been suspended for a month after throwing passengers out of his car because they were speaking in Irish.

The passengers affected said they just wanted an apology but taxi driver Alan McKinnin received a months suspension and must do customer care training after Glasgow City Council accepted he had breached several conditions of his licence.

Anthony Blair (20) and his brother Joe (22) from Gweedore in Co Donegal were in Glasgow visiting their Grandmother.

They got into the taxi on December 16 with their cousin Kathleen McAleer who lives in Glasgow and her friend.

According to The Herald Scotland a statement by the taxi driver was read out at a hearing yesterday:

During the journey one of the party started to sing/chant: ?There?s Only One Glasgow Celtic.? I asked the chap to stop. The chap said: ?You must be a Hun then.?

I said: ?That?s right, I?m a Hun.? Two of the party began speaking in a different language, Gaelic I think. I asked them to stop but they continued.?

?Hun? is a derogatory term for Rangers supporters.

The Irish Post reports that Anthony Blair denies either he or his brother Joe made reference to the word ?hun?.

Witness statements from three of the passengers said that McKinnon told them that ?well, when you?re in Britain it?s English that?s spoken.?

Anthony Blair told the Irish Post ?I was not looking for anybody to lose their job or anything like that,?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/taxi-driver-suspended-throwing-irish-speakers-car-181457902.html#3T62NCo

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Glasgow City Council? The council grants him a licence to serve the general public; will they be responsible when taxi driver did not get paid for the journey??

Few months back a taxi driver was also fined for not letting the guard dog in the car.

[Meat-Head]

Ok so last week had Jo Le Taxi in, he comes from botswarnia, Pakistan, endia, not sure, clear as day his cell phone said "you have ?204 credit"

comes to to extract his money, ?25+vat for use of ?11k of computer and use of VIP members
knowage and experience, throws a tantrum over out cost.

Wrote down his reg, he gets a bit of candle wax in his tank next time

[johnboy1974]

As cabbie in Glasgow I have to say that this driver needs to go on a customer service course. To get so upset at such a menial thing is ridiculous. The Irish are regular visitors to Glasgow and mostly for the football. They get taxis and have a few drinks and have a sing song, where's the harm in that?.
What's next drivers refusing to do the night shift because passengers are drunk?.


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[M T Glass]

Think it's just a storm in a teacup, what with the fierce rivalry between both teams,

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Think it's just a storm in a teacup, what with the fierce rivalry between both teams,

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Irish-V-Scotch latest score 3-1 was the issue ya!!