Gay couple barred from boarding train at Heuston station

IRISH RAIL have apologised to a gay married couple who missed their train to Cork last weekend because staff in Dublin refused to accept their valid free travel pass.

Noel Dolan, from Cork, and his terminally ill husband, Juan Carlos Camacho Suarez, had travelled to Dublin to take part in Sunday’s march for civil marriage equality.

Mr Dolan receives disability allowance and Mr Camacho Suarez, who is named on his travel pass, is an adult dependent on his allowance.