Gardai have launched an investigation after a female taxi driver was allegedly "punched twenty times" in west Dublin.
The incident happened outside a house in Lucan shortly after midnight on Monday, December 19. The female taxi driver claims that she was "punched more than twenty times" after she she confronted a passenger who had refused to pay his fare after being dropped home, the Irish Independent reports.
The female taxi driver had picked up a couple outside a pub after dropping off another two passengers in Lucan village. However, upon reaching their destination the female taxi driver claims that the pair did not pay their taxi fare and entered a property.
