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Poll: Should Ireland have a dedicated transport police?
The question was raised following news of a disturbing incident that happened on a nighttime DART service this week.
THIS WEEK SAW renewed calls for a dedicated transport police after a Fine Gael TD witnessed a group of young men chanting about raping a woman on a nighttime DART service in Dublin.
Alan Farrell witnessed the group chanting “let’s rape her” as a woman stepped off the carriage at a station. The incident has once again raised the question of a dedicated transport policing service in Ireland.
General secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) Dermot O’Leary told The Journal that representatives for transport workers had been calling for a full-time police service to combat incidents of anti-social behaviour for a number of years.
In 2018, then-Transport Minister Shane Ross raised the matter with gardaí, but confirmed the following year that there was opposition from Garda management to the introduction of a dedicated transport police section.
So today, we want to know: Should Ireland have a dedicated transport police?
Poll Results:
Yes (13549)
No (1332)
I don't know/ I have no opinion (369)
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