Online posts by such groups, which urge pressure to be applied to both individual workers and companies, have risen sharply in recent weeks, but one travel company has been the victim of such posts for more than a year.

A report recently commissioned by Bolt revealed that in Dublin nearly half (43 per cent) of requested trips by customers can go unfulfilled at peak times.

Services like Uber should be allowed to operate in Ireland to address transport issues in rural Ireland, according to a Fine Gael Senator