Swans caused delays on a DART line in Dublin this evening.
Irish Rail tweeted that a number of swans on the track were causing delays at Lansdowne Road.
Delays to services through Lansdowne Rd. Station due to a cygnet fault #Swansontheline The neck of them! Staff trying to remove.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) December 8, 2016
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Some users criticised the service's lack of action, with one passenger suggesting irish Rail "run over" the animals.
Irish Rail responded accordingly:
@Mackey1981 @contentshed We are not in the business of killing animals.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) December 8, 2016