Hey,
Just wanted to highlight to all the spate of pickpocketing currently on the LUAS (even higher than normal rates).
With the Christmas rush underway many are taking advantage of the crowding to relieve passengers of wallets and purses. A friend had a purse stolen on the way from Jervis to Heuston and after only a few minutes (time to walk into Heuston, check her handbag to grab her ticket, go to the desk to report the incident and ring the CC company to cancel the card) the card had already been used to purchase a monthly (? not sure of the costs of the Luas tickets, think she said it was around €80 but not 100% on that one) LUAS ticket (huge reasons for LUAS vending machines to be PIN protected, couldn't believe they weren't!).
Two undercover Gardi (gold chains, trackies, etc.) called into Heuston to take her details. Apparently they had spent the whole day on the LUAS watching for this sort of activity.
Please take a little extra care when travelling and be aware of where your valuables are at all times.
Sat.
Just wanted to highlight to all the spate of pickpocketing currently on the LUAS (even higher than normal rates).
With the Christmas rush underway many are taking advantage of the crowding to relieve passengers of wallets and purses. A friend had a purse stolen on the way from Jervis to Heuston and after only a few minutes (time to walk into Heuston, check her handbag to grab her ticket, go to the desk to report the incident and ring the CC company to cancel the card) the card had already been used to purchase a monthly (? not sure of the costs of the Luas tickets, think she said it was around €80 but not 100% on that one) LUAS ticket (huge reasons for LUAS vending machines to be PIN protected, couldn't believe they weren't!).
Two undercover Gardi (gold chains, trackies, etc.) called into Heuston to take her details. Apparently they had spent the whole day on the LUAS watching for this sort of activity.
Please take a little extra care when travelling and be aware of where your valuables are at all times.
Sat.