Gardaí are searching for a man who is understood to have attacked and punched a woman on a Dublin bus.
The woman is believed to have been travelling on the number 40 bus in old Kilmainham Village at on Wednesday evening at around 10.15pm when she was struck a number of times by the unidentified assailant.
The woman in question was injured in the incident and spent the night in hospital, her friend is also understood to have suffered a bruised eye after he intervened.
Gardaí are appealing to the 18 other passengers on board the bus to come forward and are examining CCTV footage.