Gardai are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a woman was assaulted as a Dublin city centre red line Luas stop.
The incident happened this morning at the Jervis Luas stop when the woman was hit by an item thrown by a man in his early 30s as he was getting off the tram. It hit her on the head and the man was later arrested in connection with the incident.
It happened at around 11.30am this morning. The man was taken to Store Street garda station and was charged with public order offences with a court date pending.
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A garda spokeswoman said: "Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident to come forward. Any persons who travelled on this Luas this morning and can assist Gardaí with their investigation, please contact Store Street Garda station 01 666 8000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station."
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