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ON SUNDAY EVENING, a fight broke out on a Dart heading from Monkstown and Salthill to Dublin city.
The train was delayed as gardaí were called to the scene, finally departing 30 minutes late.
The brawl, and other incidents of anti-social behaviour, have led to calls for a dedicated unit of the gardaí to police Dublin’s transport network.
Fianna Fáil councillor for Dun Laoghaire Cormac Devlin says that the unit is needed to make routes safer for passengers.
“This disturbance should serve as a wake-up call for policy-makers. This is not the first disturbance on the DART service this year.
“We regularly hear reports about the public feeling unsafe on the service, particularly at night time.”
Devlin says that while there is security on Irish Rail, he wants to see a force similar to that seen on London’s tube network.
“While Irish Rail employ dedicated security, these staff do not have power of arrest or the other powers enjoyed by gardaí.
The very presence of uniformed officers would prevent many minor issues occurring and would ensure more serious issues could be dealt with more quickly.
However the agencies involved are unwilling to see a garda unit dedicated solely to transport.
A spokesperson for the gardaí said that the allocation of services is constantly monitored.
“Local Garda Management closely monitors the allocation of all resources in the context of crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and Regional level, to ensure optimum use is made of Garda resources, and the best possible Garda service is provided to the public.
Senior Garda Management is satisfied that a full and comprehensive policing service continues to be delivered and that current structures in place meet the requirement to deliver an effective and efficient policing service to the community.
The Department of Justice said that allocation of gardaí is a matter for the Garda Commissioner and that it was happy with the communication between gardaí and transport providers.
“There is effective communication with the respective control centres and access to good quality CCTV to provide assistance in the investigation of complaints.
“Instances of crime and anti-social behaviour are monitored by local Garda management with the assistance of Garda Síochána Analysis Service, which results in periodic operations aimed at anti-social behaviour on and around public transport routes.”
“Insofar as the general approach to tackling these issues are concerned, the Minister is advised that Garda management engages extensively with transport operators and a range of regional and local operations have been put in place as required to address issues that have arisen at specific locations,” a spokesperson said.
“There is effective communication with the respective control centres and access to good quality CCTV to provide assistance in the investigation of complaints”.
The Department of Transport had not responded to a request for comment.
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Can’t stand the tagline ‘don’t cook, just eat’. Cooking is being looked down upon when it’s much cheaper, tastier and better for you. People need to be educated about cooking from a young age.
You work hard, you play hard…sometimes you wanna just eat! No guilt necessary!
I love cooking, but I also love justeat.
I really don’t think a website service or a tagline is going to make much difference to lazy unmotivated fatties who can’t be bothered cooking.
Isn’t technology fantastic,if you touch your phone in the right place a pizza will arrive at your front door.
They take 25 percent and dont pay for two months. Takeaway owners are leaving them in large nunbers. This is more rubbish concealed advertising by the journal and a paid poster above.
They take 11%
Just back for mc Sh”t in maynooth. Tried one of those new quarter pounder burgers. Horrific is all I can say. Should have brought it back in,but like most irish people I just said I won’t be coming here again.
Anyone else notice this new thing where eating copious amounts of fast food is seen as “manly” and a thing of respect? It seems to be common in young males, such as college students, etc.
There is nothing manly about eating bacon sandwiches everyday or ordering takeaway food more than once a week. In fact, it’s usually just overweight nerds looking for quick release endorphins.
Not to mention if you indulge in food like this often, you are gluttonous and therefore by default, evil.
Someone get this fella a snickers
Take a bow David – that was a classic
I hate everything and everyone too.
Can I get some green thumbs, please?
Starving
I avoid any place I see their sign tbh
Pig food
You can’t order through here Padraig , you need to download the Just Eat app and search for Pig Food, best of luck .
You’re funny.
Haha paulie well done on that one
As former Just-Eat.ie MD, I am not surprised by these results in Ireland. I left in 2011, but as of May this year I am launching a rival http://www.Marvin.ie which will be fairer to both restaurants and customers. Restaurants will only be charged 7% instead of 12% and consumers can earn FREE meals based on a coffee-shop loyalty reward system. I am here to compete and I would love to show Just-Eat that they are not untouchable.
*Like a coffee shop loyalty reward system
Best of luck!
Any app for this or just a website
Hi ciaran
Welcome to the journal
Cianan?
Thy take 12% and pay every 2weeks stil a lot of cash for small corner shops
Eating shit food is an unfortunate part of Irish culture. Lard-ass mentality.
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