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 Students at the National University of Ireland Galway created Project DASH (Driving All Students Home). It enables college students to call cabs without using cash, a bank card, or a phone. Since its introduction in Galway and Carlow, thousands of students and several taxi companies have signed up. Yesterday, Richie Commins, a senior at NUI Galway majoring in business information systems and the project's primary developer, visited UCC to introduce the program there.

He said that the development of Dash began as an academic endeavor meant to address a concern raised by other students. 'Extensive investigation into catastrophic instances revealed that many occur late at night when students travel on foot,' he added.

We invested a lot of time and effort into designing and testing the service before its official release.

This initiative aims to increase the presence of taxis on college campuses around the nation so that students may more easily get one in an emergency. Signing up for Project Dash is easy and free for students; they need a picture ID, a bank card for taxi rides in an emergency, and a 4-digit PIN.

Next, the pupils provide the taxi driver with their name and Dash Pin so they can access their account through the driver app. The driver may then use the picture as proof of payment after they get to their location and the app has processed the fee. "It was amazing to receive so much support and cooperation from everyone in Cork," Mr. Commins added.

We're thrilled to introduce our idea here, and the feedback we received from the taxi businesses was fantastic. Dash will soon be available nationwide so Cork students can use it wherever in Ireland.

Both the Cork Taxi Co-Op and ABC Taxis have joined. The CEO of the Cork Taxi Co-Op, Colin O'Mara, has expressed his excitement about collaborating with Richie and Project Dash: "We are happy to partner with Richie and Project Dash to guarantee the students of UCC make it home safe and sound."

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