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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Gavin O'Callaghan

Woman stands up to idiot teens making 'Coronavirus' taunts outside Dublin shop

A hero woman gave it right back to some idiot Dublin teens who shouted "Coronavirus" at her and her friend as they left a Dublin supermarket.

Outstanding footage shows the brave woman take no crap as she confronts the teens responsible who quickly cover their faces.

Some of the youths continue to call out "Coronavirus" at the woman as they shuffle away, Dublin Live reports.

The woman accuses the group of racism and calls their taunts "unkind, inappropriate and rude".

She says: "You shouldn't say those things. It's really rude. I hope you're disappointing in yourselves.

"Why would you say such racist things to people who have done nothing to you, we were just walking from the supermarket and you are saying racist things for no reason."

One of the youths then tells her to "fuck off" before another says "you're gonna give me the Coronavirus" - the woman sarcastically shouts back "good, here would you like some Coronavirus?".

The teens appear to be on the backfoot throughout the video as they cower away from the woman with the camera.

They all cover their faces in a bid not to be identifiable.

The taunts come just days after the virus, which has been spreading in China, was declared a world health emergency.

So far two cases have been recorded in the UK and there's been a number of scares in Ireland.

The death toll has risen above 250 and many countries have decided to put restrictions on flights to and from China.

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