Security guards to start working on Dublin buses from today [Video]

LAST UPDATE | 16 hrs ago

SECURITY GUARDS HAVE begun working on Dublin Bus buses today, in a pilot scheme aming to tackle anti-social behaviour. 

“This is a key step in our commitment to making every journey on Dublin Bus a safer journey,” said Dublin Bus CEO Billy Hann. 

Hann told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland programme that the number of anti-social behaviour reported had doubled since the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Before the pandemic, we’d about 500 incidents of antisocial behaviour. In 2023, which was our first full year post pandemic, it was up to over 1000 incidents,” he said.

“So between that data, feedback from employees, feedback from customers, we felt it was a good time to actually launch this initiative.”

The 20-week pilot scheme will see two units of security personnel working on board buses in the capital – one on the north side and one on the south side. 

They will operate daily from 2pm …