A pensioner suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a DART train while walking along the railway line between Pearse and Tara Street stations on New Year’s Day in 2021, an inquest has heard.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that CCTV footage had captured Louis Doyle, 68, a single man from Mercer House, Mercer Street Upper, Dublin 2, walking off the platform onto the track after alighting from a DART at Tara Street at 7.55pm.
Garda Fiona Deely, who led the investigation into Mr Doyle’s death, said it appeared the victim had missed his stop at Pearse and had made “a perilous decision” to walk back along the track towards Pearse, where he was known to sometimes sleep in the station.
