A trade union leader has called for continental-style railway police to curb crime on the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system.

Report shows DART train stopping at Kilbarrack, County Dublin.

Kilbarrack railway sign.

Interview with Tony Tobin, DART driver and Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) worker director, who says they are appalled by attacks on staff and that they have called on Irish Rail to provide railway police.

Interview with Cyril Ferris, Irish Rail, who says that there have been five armed robberies between Bayside and Kilbarrack in the past two weeks.

The reporter is Pat Sweeney.

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