# Dublin couriers fear further deaths amid clashes and rising bike theft

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/as-list-of-no-go-zones-for-dublins-delivery-riders-grows-amid-far-right-social-media-goading-couriers-reveal-just-how-bad-the-situation-on-the-ground-is-now-what-gardai-tell-them-and-why-th/
- Published: 2026-10-25T20:43:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T21:07:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16235567/As-list-no-zones-Dublins-delivery-riders-grows-amid-far-right-social-media-goading-couriers-reveal-just-bad-situation-ground-gardai-tell-fear-deaths-imminent.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Dublin riders report assaults and bike thefts.
- Online accounts use incident videos to spread anti-immigration claims.
- A union representative wants a dedicated Garda bike theft unit.

## Summary

Recent clashes between Dublin delivery riders and groups of youths have raised fears of further deaths, while anti-immigration accounts circulate edited or selectively framed videos to portray incidents as attacks by foreigners. Riders say they face theft and violence in areas they avoid, and a union representative is urging Gardaí to create a specialist bike theft unit so couriers are less likely to confront suspected thieves themselves.

The article describes a rider being stabbed after riders went to recover a tracked e-bike, and a separate clip showing a rider kicking a boy, whose preceding actions were not shown. It recalls the deaths of Thiago Cortes, killed after being knocked from his bike in 2020, and Josh Dunne, stabbed during a confrontation over an e-bike in 2021. Many couriers are migrants working as self-employed contractors, sometimes using rented accounts because they lack the legal status required to be self-employed.

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