Angels
spread their wings
Last year, Gerard McCarthy, a Cork man living in Dublin, was looking
for a new business idea when his girlfriend suggested that he look at
the possibility of setting up a female taxi service. She suggested that
a service for both female drivers and passengers for safety and comfort
reasons was a great idea.
“There
were quite a few female drivers around Dublin, but they were either
operating on their own at ranks or are attached to companies where you
might have 400 drivers in a company, with 399 men,” he said. 
Gerard carried out as survey of about 120 women in the Dublin area and
one out of every four said they would prefer to be driven by a woman.
Some female taxi drivers also said that they feel safer and more comfortable
with women passengers.
According to Gerard, “It is difficult for existing taxi companies
to offer a female driver upon request as their drivers tend to be overwhelmingly
male. Angel Cabs simply links existing female drivers under one banner
in order to make this possible.”
Now following the success of the initial pilot venture in Dublin city,
the angels are spreading their wings and expanding the service into
Dublin 15. In addition it is proposed to extend the service to include
male and wheelchair accessible drivers.
“While the service was initially developed for passengers who
feel more comfortable with female taxi drivers, the service will now
operate alongside Cougar Cabs. Passengers can phone Angel Cabs for a
female driver and Cougar Cabs for a standard or wheelchair accessible
driver,” said Gerard.
This new service will begin in the Dublin 15 area in September and taxi
drivers are currently being invited to sign up for a weekly fee of €30.
Interested taxi drivers can contact the company via its web site at
www.angelcabs.ie or by texting
their name and number to 087 782 5821.
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