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	Irish Rail is &quot;seeking to identify&quot; teenagers who racially abused and threatened an elderly couple and a teen at a Dublin train station.</p>
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	The shocking incident took place in Clonsilla on Sunday evening.</p>
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	Fiona Lally (28), who saw the incident, took to Twitter to voice her disgust.</p>
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	&quot;Just witnessed racial abuse in Dublin for the first time. Shameful,&quot; she tweeted.</p>
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	Ms Lally told the Herald that there were several teenagers causing trouble at the train station on Sunday night.</p>
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	The group began to verbally &quot;abuse a young guy of about 16, then proceeded to abuse an elderly couple&quot;, she said.</p>
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	Fiona was left in disbelief after one of the teenagers called the young man &quot;a n****r b*****d&quot; and continued to push and insult him.</p>
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	As they left the area, the group of teenagers also racially abused an elderly Asian couple who were standing nearby.</p>
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	&quot;[The teenagers] were mocking their language&hellip; and calling them &#39;c***ky b*****ds&#39;&quot;.</p>
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	A representative for Irish Rail said: &quot;We will be reviewing our CCTV to establish if we can identify those involved in this incident and work to secure a prosecution.&quot;</p>
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	Several people witnessed the incident but because of the aggressive behaviour of the group, they were afraid to intervene.</p>
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	&quot;It&#39;s the first time I&#39;ve witnessed it first-hand and it was extremely embarrassing, [and] intimidating to even stand near [the] group,&quot; Ms Lally said.</p>
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	She went on to say how she hadn&#39;t encountered such racism before, but admitted &quot;anyone can get in and out the gate [of the station] at off-peak hours with no ticket or leap card&quot;.</p>
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	Barry Kenny, corporate communications manager at Irish Rail, told the Herald that they very much &quot;regret&quot; that their customers experienced this &quot;anti-social behaviour&quot;.</p>
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	&quot;While it is not unusual here, or internationally, for stations to be unmanned, particularly at less busy times, we do have CCTV on board our trains and at stations,&quot; he said.</p>
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	&quot;Irish Rail employ and deploy mobile security teams who travel around the network to check for issues such as this,&quot; he said.</p>
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	&quot;Incidents of anti-social behaviour are relatively rare and we will respond with additional security resources should they be required.&quot;</p>
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	He went on to say: &quot;We also meet regularly with gardai and where there are specific recurring issues with anti-social behaviour we will address these.&quot;</p>
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