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he was subsequently taken to hospital. Paramedics desper- ately tried to save the life of Mrs Eagers but she was pronounced dead at the scene which was
then
examined by mem- bers of the Garda Technical Bureau. Ire- land’s Garda police have appealed for any witnesses. Dublin politician Ruth Coppinger said the community in the Hartstown area was ‘in mourning’ after Mrs Eagers’s death. “My sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Jean Eagers,” she said. Local councillor Daniel Whooley said: “It is absolutely horrible that an incident like this has taken place. It is awful to think that some- one has died in such a manner, especially around this area. From what I gather from speaking to a number of the locals around the area, we are all in shock.”
Irish police vehicles outside the house where Mrs Eagers died
from Brazil
TAXI DRIVERS IN RIOGETTESTED FOR COVID-19
LIMERICK TAXI DRIVERS’ ANGER WITH TRANSPORT BODY
Taxi drivers in Limerick who suspended their licences during the Covid-19 pandem- ic say they can’t get back to work because the National Transport Authority won’t answer the phone. A number of taxi drivers con- tacted the Limerick Leader complaining that the Author- ity which is responsible for taxi regulation in Ireland can’t be contacted. One of the drivers said that 90 per cent of the taxi drivers in Limerick suspended their licences in March, and took advantage of the government payment, but most now want to get back to work. “We had to suspend our licence to get the government payment. My insurance for the taxi is over €1,500 a month and I have started to pay this again but can’t get my taxis back on the road now that business is getting back to normal,” he said. “If you want to get back your tamper proof licence you can’t get through….I was ringing for two hours this morning and in the after- noon I was back on again and no answer,” complained another. A spokesman for the NTA said: “Our SPSV call centre is busier than at any time previously and we have already handled over 10,000 calls this month alone. While there is no doubt that waiting times for some callers are longer than we would like, we don’t accept that some have been kept waiting for as long as two hours. “We are directing licence holders to our FAQs and to information on ourwebsite that is updated regularly.We are also sending individual correspondence to all licence holders providing information perti- nent to the current Covid crisis. “An email advising some licence holders to contact the NTA by phone was issued to29 recipients. This should not have happened and came about as a result of human error,” the statement read.
JULY 2020
Taxi drivers lined up at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Sambo- drome on a recent rainy Monday morning for Covid- 19 testing at the stadium which usually hosts the city’s Carnival parades. With more people leaving their homes and using public transport since an easing of restrictions, Rio’s City Hall made the tests available for taxi drivers for ten days. Driver Admilson Gomes Pinto, 61, looked relieved after having his finger pinched for a test that could cost more than $150 if commis- sioned Brazil. He said that he felt symptoms of the disease caused by the virus, like shortness of breath. “I had nomoney to do the test and it’s necessary,” he said.
from Indonesia
INDONESIAN TAXI DRIVER REWARDED FOR HELPING KIDNAPPED GIRL
Dadang, a Jakarta-based taxi driver, received an award fromhis com- pany for his heroic action in saving a kidnapped 20-year-old woman. According to Asia One, a statement issued by taxi operator PT Blue Bird said that Dadang was looking for a passenger when he saw the young woman, known as NA, by a bus stop in South Jakarta. The driver recounted that the girl had looked dishevelled and con- fused. “I talked to her and she asked me ‘Where am I? What day is it?’” Dadang said in a statement. He added that the girl had asked him to contact her family mem- bers through Facebook as she had lost her phone. “I contacted her father through Facebook and was surprised to find out that she had been missing for five days.” NA’s father, Halil, said she had kidnapped by a group of unidentified people after withdrawing money from an ATM machine at a market on May 29. “She called and texted me the day after asking for help. I told her to run away, but she said she couldn’t because she was locked in a trunk and she did not know where she was,” Halil said as quoted by
kompas.com. Dadang said NA managed to flee her captors after playing dead. She said her kidnapers had dumped her on the side of the road. “After contacting her father, I drove NA to the police station [in Cen- tral Jakarta], where she was eventually picked up by her relatives.” The driver said he was honoured to have received the award. Dadang was also invited to a lunch banquet with the company’s directors as a token of appreciation.
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