A man in his 20s received “stab-type injuries” in a suspected hate crime at a train station in Co Kildare on Friday. Gardaí are investigating a serious assault that occurred at a railway station in Newbridge, Co Kildare, at about 6.40pm. Chris Pender, a Social Democrats councillor, and former chairman of Kildare LGBT, welcomed the news that the assault was being treated as a possible hate crime. “It’s great to see that this is being treated as a hate crime, that’s a big change from how attacks like this were dealt with years ago,” Mr Pender said. It’s an honest, welcoming and open community.”He called for a dedicated community policing unit to be established in the area, and for proper hate crime legislation to ensure prosecution can be carried out.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2020 12:11 UTC