Fresh calls have been made for a dedicated Garda unit for Ireland’s rail system as crime soars on the network, a report shows.
It came as Irish Rail revealed it was hit with more than 2,000 cases of anti-social behaviour last year. A rail trade union spokesman last night fumed: “The problems won’t go away until people realise that there are going to be court appearances.”
The semi-State Iarnrod Eireann yesterday detailed the woes in a report showing a rise of anti-social behaviour. These include smoking; alcohol and drug misuse, aggressive behaviour, criminal damage, assaults, theft of passengers’ property and lewd behaviour.
