Online campaign for tourist robbed during Liffey rescue raises over $1000

Your faith in humanity will be restored, destroyed and restored again when you read this American tourist's story.

A crowd-funding campaign for an American student has raised over €745 ($1000) - double the amount originally requested.

The campaign on Crowdwise was set up by a friend of Joe Sheehan - a student from the university of Nebraska who is studying at Oxford this summer - after an incident during a trip to Dublin left him without his phone or wallet.