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Case No. 29762Verbal abuse; intimidation · Co. Dublin · 6 Oct 2021

Verbal abuse and intimidation on DART at Malahide under investigation

On 6 October 2021, a group of young men chanted 'Let's rape her' in hushed tones at a female DART passenger after she and other women had exited the train. The incident occurred on a DART service in Dublin, and the men were confronted by Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell at Malahide DART station, where some admitted to their actions. Irish Rail described the incident as verbal abuse and intimidation and said it would review CCTV and liaise with Gardaí. No arrests or formal complaint had been made as of the latest reporting.

  1. Reported7 Oct
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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What happened
A group of young men chanted 'Let's rape her' in hushed tones at a female DART passenger after she and other women had exited the train.
Where
The incident occurred on a DART service in Dublin, and the men were confronted at Malahide DART station.
When
The incident took place on the evening of 6 October 2021.
Investigation
Irish Rail said it would review CCTV and liaise with Gardaí.
Other details
  • Irish Rail described the incident as verbal abuse and intimidation.
  • Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell confronted the group, and some of the young men admitted to their actions.
  • No arrests or formal complaint had been made as of the latest reporting.
5 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe chanting was done in hushed tones after the women had left the train (extra.ie)
  • whatSome of the young men admitted to their actions when confronted by the TD (extra.ie)
  • whereThe incident occurred on a DART service and the group was confronted at Malahide DART station (extra.ie)
  • investigationIrish Rail said it would review CCTV and liaise with Gardaí (extra.ie)
  • otherIrish Rail described the incident as verbal abuse and intimidation (extra.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 7 Oct2021
    Reportedextra.ie, first report
    ‘Toxic group of lads' chanted ‘let’s rape her’ at lone female DART passenger, TD claims - Extra.ie

    TD's social media claim about the incident; Irish Rail reviewing CCTV and liaising with Gardaí; no arrests or formal complaint mentioned.

    victim, femalesuspect, male