New figures reveal Dublin Bus drivers have been assaulted 429 times over the last five years, Dublin Live can reveal.
It comes as Dublin Bus is struggling to recruit 290 new drivers as the network expands. The statistics, which were released to Sinn Fein TD Chris Andrews, also revealed 429 passengers had been assaulted over the same period as well as a whopping 3,344 anti-social behaviour incidents taking place.
The anti-social incidents range from objects thrown at bus, assault on drivers, assaults on other passengers, robbery, graffiti, drug use and vandalism. All of the assaults and anti-social incidents were reported by Dublin Bus drivers since the beginning of 2017.
