The suggestion has previously been shot down by the Garda Commisioner as well as the Taoiseach, but the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union will meet today to launch a campaign on the matter., SIPTU transport, energy and aviation construction division organiser Karen O'Loughlin explained the motive behind the calls."I have my own lived experience as a woman who is, you know, not in her 20s anymore and has a lot of life experience", she said.
hat's a really, really difficult place for people because we have a nighttime economy that depends on people going to and from their jobs", Loughlin explained. "What I'm saying is that there are very serious safety questions to be asked about the traveling public and about workers and public transport."
"When the vast majority of customers are saying they've had negative experiences with their own safety on public transport, somebody has to listen to that."
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