A former couple have pleaded guilty to a vicious assault on the Luas.
The victim was kicked and hit over the head with beer bottles during the attack on the red line.
The court heard the 46 year old victim had been out socialising in December 2014 when he got on the Luas and began having some banter with a group of people.
But things took a turn when the Luas jolted and he fell over.
A passenger heard a woman shouting that the victim had touched her.
He was then kicked on the ground and badly assaulted.
Twenty four year old Aoife Malloy from the South Circular Road and 25 year old Martin O’Connor from Elmdale Park in Ballyfermot have admitted to the assault.
The court heard Aoife Malloy had been diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 18 while Martin O’Connor suffers from depression.
