You must request Laois County Council to carry out an assessment of need if you want to operate a hackney in a rural area.
The Local Area Hackney License, which is designed to facilitate low-cost entry into the taxi sector for isolated rural areas and applications can now be made to the National Transport Authority.
These regulations allow the National Transport Authority to grant hackney licenses for isolated rural areas at a low cost of approximately €50 in the case of the vehicle license. Currently hackney license are only being issued to vehicles that are wheelchair accessible which can bring the cost of providing such a service to in excess of €30,000 and would not be viable.
Please view the guide for obtaining a local area hackney license
You can also request this by contacting us or for further information: roadsadmin@laoiscoco.ie