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Man arrested following stabbing on Dart train

The attack took place at 10:15 tonight.

A MAN HAS been rushed to hospital following a stabbing on a Dart train in Dublin.

The incident took place at around 10:15pm between the Killester and Harmonstown stations.

The victim, who was in his late teens, received a stab wound to the chest, Gardaí have said.

He was taken to Beaumont Hospital following the incident. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. 

Gardaí and members of Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene and a man in his late teens was arrested at the scene and taken to Raheny Garda station where he is being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

Gardaí have said that it appears that the victim and the attacker knew each other. 

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    Mute Tony Hutchinson
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:19 PM

    Animals. Need rail police.

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    Mute Pat Lonergan
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:20 PM

    @Tony Hutchinson: don’t insult animals.

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    Mute Stephen C
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:52 PM

    @Tony Hutchinson: really? Does this type of incident happen regularly?

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    Mute Lisa Byrne
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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:25 AM

    @Stephen C: No, but there is an escalation of really disgusting anti social behaviour on public transport

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    Mute Bob Harrison
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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:00 AM

    @Stephen C: heard Barry Kenny from Irish Rail on RTE yesterday, he said there are up 40 incidents of anti social behaviour a month being reported by passengers. The Irish Times article supports this figure – https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-that-night-violence-on-irish-rail-1.3675372?mode=amp

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    Mute bings
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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:50 AM

    @Tony Hutchinson: Require a justice system that works & not one that supports the snowflake group.

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    Mute Sean
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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:53 AM

    @Pat Lonergan: … Fact check. The definition of an animal is a member of the kingdom Animalia, and is typically characterized by a multicellular body, specialized sense organs, voluntary movement, responses to factors in the environment and the ability to acquire and digest food. A horse, lion and human are each an example of an animal. Scientists have searched in vain for a distinguishing characteristic that might separate humans from animals. It turns out there isn’t one!

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    Mute marian
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:42 PM

    200 previous convictions!? Is ok let him free!

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    Mute Damian O' Farrell
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:22 PM

    Hope victim makes a speedy physical recovery … emotional recovery is a different matter ….glad someone was arrested ( well done to anyone who helped out … and to Gardai … if that person guilty hope judge sets a severe example …. anyone reading this … could be your child in hospital now

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    Mute Ananya Sharma
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:43 PM

    @Damian O’ Farrell: O … k

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    Mute Patabake Kennedy
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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:42 AM

    @Damian O’ Farrell: Judge, and severe example, in the one sentence? Give it a break man for godsake.

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    Mute Lisa Byrne
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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:28 AM

    I know it is a bit of stretch but when you see Leo over in New York, asking for Ireland to be on the security council and mean while at home, he can’t even keep his citizens safe going to and from work, there should be a public transport police.

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    Mute Yzo Sirrius
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    Oct 31st 2018, 10:05 AM

    @Lisa Byrne: not a bit of a stretch, a massive stretch, to be fair :)

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    Mute Sara Dowdall
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:56 PM

    currently on the replacement train, we were transferred after it happened. people were running down into our carriage, there was so much confusion. people said two were dead but I saw the victim on the stretcher after and he was talking. the attacker looks worse, about 15 of the victims friends beat him up and got the knife. I hope the victim will be okay, he was a young black lad.

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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:07 AM

    @Sara Dowdall: Poor lad. Lucky he was with several friends and rushed to hospital. Let’s hope he gets better soon, and no one else was cut. Horrible thing to happen.

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    Mute Seán Domhnall O'Sullivan
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    Oct 31st 2018, 1:54 AM

    @Sara Dowdall: Yep I saw the fella go right past me too, followed by the fairly incoherent assailant. Mixed reports that it was more serious and involving others was genuinely spooky to overhear.

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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:35 PM

    Really need the deterrent of a transport police

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    Mute JesusMoreBullshit
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:43 PM

    @Drahcir Neirbo: not really a deterrent with a revolving door policy in place for potential jail time . Judges are extremely reluctant to sentence and there is always a sob story.

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    Mute Yzo Sirrius
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:45 PM

    Inevitable, really. 100% need some form of transit police in this city.

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    Mute I'm not wavy gravy
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    Oct 30th 2018, 11:54 PM

    @Yzo Sirrius: The Dart has been running since the mid 80s. This non-fatal stabbing truly has been a looming spectre alright. Not to downplay the seriousness of this situation but…come on.

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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:10 AM

    @Yzo Sirrius: not just in Dublin. There are anti social behavior problems on certain intercity lines. So much so they have put an alcohol ban on some trains and the Lucas red line isn’t called the hospital line for no reason

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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:21 AM

    @Drahcir Neirbo: I have never heard the Iuas red line being called that ..ever

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    Oct 31st 2018, 1:34 AM

    @Drahcir Neirbo: *luas

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    Oct 31st 2018, 2:22 AM

    @Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: well when you put it like that…….so what. What does it matter what one person’s experiences are

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    Oct 31st 2018, 7:05 AM

    @Drahcir Neirbo: because it passes by James’s and Tallaght hospitals

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    Mute Yzo Sirrius
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    Oct 31st 2018, 10:10 AM

    @I’m not wavy gravy: sorry, I’m a little unclear on what you are saying.

    Do you think we don’t need some form of transit police?

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    Mute Siobhán Ni Mhurchú
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    Oct 31st 2018, 10:38 AM

    @DJ François: glad someone pointed out the obvious!

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    Mute I'm not wavy gravy
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    Oct 31st 2018, 1:54 PM

    @Yzo Sirrius: As far as I’m aware this has never before happened on the Dart. A recent article also describes it as ‘unprecedented’. This is a service that’s been running since the mid 80s. So to say it was inevitable is hyperbolic in the extreme!

    Whether or not we need rail police shouldn’t be decided based on this complete aberration of an incident. I’m not criticizing you, I’m simply saying….come on.

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    Oct 31st 2018, 3:45 PM

    @I’m not wavy gravy: that’s fair enough, I take your point and thanks for clarifying.

    I disagree that it’s hyperbole to say this was inevitable. If my statement about instating some form of transit police was based on this incident alone, then yes, that’s hyperbole, but it was based on the increase in anti-social behaviour on public transport in general.

    To say that there is no need for change because the service has been running since the 80′s is myopic, at best. Look at the changes that have had to be made on buses with the protective shells for drivers, the windows in the trains had to be changed because of bricks being thrown at them and the Luas had to install fixtures to prevent people from surfing.

    I mean…come on :)

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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:12 AM

    exactly, I really hope everyone involved will be okay. pretty proud of everyone coming together on the train though, I’ve made some good friends tonight.

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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:25 AM

    Need rail police/ need transport police/ need more security to go about our everyday lives. But i thought this multikultural society was making us stronger? seems to be making us less safe. Need deportations and a block placed on entry into the country in the first place/

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    Oct 31st 2018, 9:19 AM

    @PaddyKajinski: And suddenly it’s the fault of multiculturalism, anecdotally we can assume the victim is black from an above comment but we don’t know the race of the assailant but let’s blame it on immigrants anyway…

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    Oct 31st 2018, 9:58 AM

    @PaddyKajinski: what are you on about? Please explain, in detail, based on the facts you know about what happened in this particular situation, how this is related to the dreaded “multiculturalism”?

    And I mean specifics, not anecdotes or hearsay and conjecture…answers on postcard, please!

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    Oct 31st 2018, 11:05 AM

    @Diarmuid Hunt:

    No of course we don’t. The authorities are not going to release such information.. but it will come out many months from now when the court case is reported at the bottom of a page in a paper, when everyone has forgotten all about it. We see exactly how authorities handle multikult situations like this. Meanwhile lets continue to militarise our society

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    Oct 31st 2018, 1:33 PM

    @PaddyKajinski: Please tell us the secret of seeing into the future or at least give us the next lotto numbers, cheers.

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    Mute Mick Andrews
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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:34 AM

    Wasn’t me boss

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    Oct 31st 2018, 12:19 AM

    Shocking !! Afraid to go anywhere in Dublin now !! Hope that poor lad will be ok !!

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    Mute Trevor Beacom
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    Oct 31st 2018, 9:01 AM

    Yes to transport police but paid for out of the justice budget and not out of the underfunded public transport budget

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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:23 AM

    There should be a Garda outpost at every single Train Station in the country. It should not be permanentlyanned but a place Gardai are likely to be.

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    Mute Seriously stunned
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    Oct 31st 2018, 8:44 AM

    Whos the tool taking photographs of a possibly dying man being taken away.idiot.

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