Two girls and two boys were left helpless when a group of teenagers allegedly threw poo at them as they passed by a halting site in a South Dublin village.
An eye witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Dublin Live that the four youngsters reportedly had to withstand the sickening attack as a gang harassed them outside the site in the Ballybrack area.
The witness added that one of the boys received "a few slaps" to the head during the incident near Cromlech Fields, which took place on Sunday.
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The woman was a passenger in a car being driven by her partner at the time of the incident and said that they stopped when they saw the younger children being harassed.
The brave local mum approached and asked the injured party if they needed any help.
She said: "I hate bullies. I was walking over when I saw four young people, two boys and two girls, get poo thrown at them.
"I saw the group of lads run behind a wall. One of the two boys was attacked and I saw him holding his head.
"When I pulled in they told me they had poo thrown at them."
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The incident took place at around 7:30pm on April 7 and was reported to gardai according to the witness.
The boy that got attacked "didn't look too bad but kept holding his head," the good samaritan added.
She continued: "It's gone mad lately. It's very scary, I have two young boys and the thoughts of them growing up in these sort of conditions is very frightening.
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"It's the first time I've seen anything like this happening myself."
She concluded: "They don't give a rats - it's horrible to think they are allowed go around like that because if it was my son harming someone like that I'd kill him myself."
Dublin Live has contacted gardai for a statement on the incident.
