Irish Rail appeals to public to stop crossing train lines after 32 'near misses'

Irish Rail has appealed to people risking their lives by crossing train lines to stop after it emerged there were 32 near misses on the network last year.

Video footage shot by CCTV at Kilbarrack station on the north-side of Dublin shows one such incident, with a passenger strolling across the rail tracks and making it to the other platform a split second before a train hurtles by.

Iarnród Éireann said there had been 32 “category 1” near misses in 2016 involving trespassers on the tracks and in which drivers had to hit the brakes to avoid hitting a person.