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A group of friends who were celebrating a birthday were left in tears after being racially abused on a Dublin bus on Sunday.
The young women, all international students, were called the N word and told to “go back to Africa” in a disgusting verbal attack.
Shola, 24, said she was shocked and upset at the abuse the girls received from the middle-aged woman.
The incident happened on a number 44 Dublin bus around 7pm on Sunday night.
Speaking to the Irish Mirror, Shola, who did not want her full name used for fear of further racist abuse, said she and a group of friends were on their way home from a birthday outing when the incident occurred.
The international student said: “My friends and I were in Dundrum on miniature golf for the birthday of one of my friends.
“We were taking the bus back when this lady started being racist with us on the top deck of the bus.
“First of all, she said she ‘didn’t want any viruses’ from some of my friends and she was yelling and getting really abusive.
“She wouldn’t get off and she was getting more and more abusive, everyone on the bus was in disbelief, the driver stopped the bus and told her she would have to get off.
“I was also incredulous, this is the first time something like this has happened to me, my friend’s birthday was ruined, she was crying.
“The abuse lasted about 10 minutes, she called us the N word several times, told us to ‘go back to Africa’ and said we should get off the bus since she was there first.”
The young woman said that she has been studying in Dublin since January 2019 but has never experienced racism before.
She added: “It’s so sad that we have to go through this, where I’m from, I would never see anyone else below me, they’re all the same.
“Why would someone treat me like I’m not a human like everyone else? It really surprised me.”
The young woman said the woman eventually got off the bus and that other passengers tried to intervene calling her “disgrace.”
He also praised the Dublin bus driver who confronted the woman and said he would report the incident.
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