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Donegal natives anthony, 20, and joe blair, 21, claim they were kicked out of a taxi in the city after the driver told them it is english you speak in here. Dharmindar singh picked up the couple from central station and was due to take. Irish college graduate launches one of a kind app set to. A taxi driver in glasgow has been suspended for a month after throwing passengers out of his car because they were speaking in irish. Rome2rio makes travelling from glasgow to celtic park easy. Because glasgow is such an exciting, welcoming, interesting city, with so much to see and do, one of our bespoke city tours is the ideal way to get your bearings and learn something about the fascination of glasgow.
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