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    Taxi drivers hold Dublin protests

    Updated: 16:19, Friday, 20 March 2009
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    Two separate taxi drivers' protests took place this morning.

    A group travelled in convoy from Swords and Liffey Valley to the Taxi Regulator's Office in Fitzwilliam Square.

    Drivers belonging to SIPTU held a separate protest in the city centre in the Parnell Square, O'Connell Street and College Green areas.

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