{"id":127854,"date":"2025-11-08T01:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/127854\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:35:11","slug":"woman-found-in-suitcase-on-irish-bus-as-citylink-assist-gardai-in-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/127854\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman &#8216;found in suitcase&#8217; on Irish bus as Citylink assist Gardai\u0301 in probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The clip shows a suitcase in the carriage of a Galway Bus being unzipped &#8211; with a woman discovered inside<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Telford and Darragh Berry<\/p>\n<p>18:50, 07 Nov 2025Updated 18:57, 07 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_suitcase.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A screenshot from the video circulated online<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">Citylink officials are assisting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/gardai\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Gardai\u0301Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gardai\u0301<\/a> in an investigation after video surfaced <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"onlineLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a> showing a woman trapped inside a suitcase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">In a statement released tonight, Citylink confirmed that the woman in question was an &#8220;unauthorised&#8221; passenger on their service. The clip appeared to show a woman inside a suitcase in the hold of the popular Galway Bus company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">In the video, the suitcase is positioned on its side and a woman can be heard screaming. The person who is recording approaches the suitcase and unzips it to find a woman who appears confused and afraid. A man can be heard asking her, &#8220;who put you in there?&#8221; before she eventually manages to get out of the suitcase, saying, &#8220;thank god, thank god.&#8221; The woman then sits up and puts her head in her hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">In a statement to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galwaybeo.ie\/news\/galway-news\/citylink-assisting-gardai-over-video-10628939\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Galway BeoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Galway Beo<\/a>, a Citylink spokesperson said: &#8220;We are aware of the footage involving an unauthorised traveller on one of our services. 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