Irish Rail logs 20% rise in cases of aggressive behaviour in a year

Of the violent incidents recorded, two of them were on employees of the railway service or their contractors. File picture

Irish Rail responded to more than 170 serious incidents of anti-social behaviour on its service in the first quarter of this year including assaults, lewd behaviour, and theft.

The rail operator said between January and March, there had been 92 cases of aggressive behaviour, nearly 20% more than at the same time last year. There were also 27 cases of assault, another 27 instances of fighting and passenger disturbance, and six reports of lewd behaviour.