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Dan Grennan

RTE star Ryan Tubridy blasts 'obnoxious' DART passenger

Ryan Tubridy ranted abound a "pain in the neck" we all have experienced on Dublin's public transport system on his radio show.

The host of the Late Late Show told listeners about an "obnoxious" passenger who was playing TikTok videos out loud on a DART carriage. The offender was chewing on a strange piece of equipment as well.

He said: "I was on the DART the other day and there was a fella, he was a pain in the neck. He literally had a screw in his mouth from the day job, like a nail, and he was going through his TikTok with no headphones.

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"It was so obnoxious. Also, the stuff he was looking at wasn't really cool in public because it was kind of a little bit offensive to some of the other people on the train."

He added: "So, he didn't stop and I nearly changed [train] and I thought: 'Nah, look I'm nearly there so I'll leave him at it'. I think he eventually turned it [the volume] down because he was on the train with one of his pals who eventually looked at him and said 'I don't think that's really working'.

"He kept biting the screw though so he obviously had a good day at the office." Tubs is set to host the Eurovision special of The Late Late Show tonight which will see six acts fight it to represent Ireland at the song contest.

John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols fame, is set to compete in the Late Late Show with a song about his wife who is battling Alzheimer's.

Do you agree with Ryan? Is it ever okay to listen to mobile devices without headphones on public transport? Do you have any other pet peeves about travelling on trains or buses? Let us know in the comments below.

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