Increase in drug-taking on public transport 'paints a fairly ugly picture'

A survey of public transport workers 'paints a fairly ugly picture' of services, a transport commentator has said.The SIPTU survey of more than 650 bus, rail and Luas staff found just under 20% said it was an issue they dealt with on an almost daily basis.Roughly 70% workers said they had felt threatened and unsafe because of drug use by passengers.

"It's really disappointing to hear that racist abuse is being distributed and you wonder if it's just people being drunk or stoned and obnoxious and being rude to whoever they deal with, or whether they're actually specific racism underpinning it.Mr Faughnan said the majority of public transport journeys are safe.

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