Gardai called onto Irish Rail train as rowdy group kicked off

Iarnród Éireann passengers departing from Galway faced major disruption when the Gardaí responded to an incident on a Dublin-bound train this morning.

It’s understood that Gardaí boarded the service this morning on its way to Dublin’s Heuston station and several young men were removed from the train in Athlone.

There are plenty of reasons one might be travelling to Dublin this weekend, but it’s understood that the young men were going to a festival and were removed halfway to their destination due to an incident.

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A member of the public who was on the train this morning wrote online: “The Gaurds were taking people off in Athlone. Wouldn’t you be depressed and you meant to be going to a (festival)”.

Iarnród Éireann announced that special trains are in use to help accommodate the larger than average volume of travellers travelling from Galway to Dublin today.

Dublin will welcome Galway to Croke Park for the All-Ireland quarter final this evening with a throw-in time of 6:15pm.

This later than usual start time had put Galway fans in a pickle as many were unsure how thousands of supporters were expected to get the same last train of the evening back to the other side of the country.

Iarnród Éireann came to the rescue with the announcement that extra carriages would be added to the 11.05am train leaving this morning for Dublin.

“Supporters can travel to the game by train & return on a special train departing Heuston Station at 21.10hrs,” the company stated online.

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