Fianna Fáil Senator Catherine Ardagh has said that incidents of anti-social behaviour on the Luas Red Line needs to be urgently addressed.
A woman’s hair was set on fire in recent days by a gang of teenagers during scenes of chaos on a Luas.
Senator Ardagh said: “Many resident’s in my own constituency of Dublin south-central are telling me on the door’s that they are too afraid to use the Luas Red Line at night because of anti-social behaviour and young thugs causing chaos.
“Many older passengers are too afraid to use the Red Line after dark because of out of control teenagers.
Fianna Fáil has proposed the introduction of specific public transport police within An Garda Síochána to protect public transport users and it’s something we feel can really work and benefit the lives of those who use the service on a daily basis.
“Passengers are being terrorised on public transport on a weekly basis and this behaviour needs to be stamped. A lot of older people in the community rely on the Luas as a means of transport but it’s entirely unacceptable that they are too scared to use the service,” concluded Senator Ardagh.