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SIPTU wants an urgent meeting with the Government over rising violent antisocial behaviour on the transport network.

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It is also calling on Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien to follow through on a Fianna Fail commitment to establish a dedicated transport policing service.

It comes after a recent incident when a Luas driver was lucky to escape injury when a “projectile fired at high power” which appears to have been aimed at him impacted his cab window in the Tallaght area of South Dublin.

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Siptu transport sector organiser John Murphy said: “We have written to the minister twice in recent months seeking a meeting, this has yet to occur.