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A woman has told how she was allegedly verbally abused and attacked while out for a cycle in Blanchardstown last Friday.

The woman, known only as Rosie, claims she was out for a cycle when she passed the Shuhadaa Islamic centre and was confronted by two men.

After getting into a disagreement about the woman was pushed off her bike down an embankment and almost into the path of oncoming traffic.

Rose told Dublin Talks on 98fm: "I just went for a cycle. And in between the IT college and Riversdale college is a mosque.

"There were so many people in front of me and I was ringing the bell, I was along the cycle path.

"Some people moved past and smiled and a lot of people, mostly men, didn't move so I had no where to go.

"So I was slowing down and had to get off the bike and a man in his 50s turned around and started shouting 'you stupid woman, this is the footpath, the footpath' while pointing at the cycle path.

"I took out my earphones and said 'no sorry this is the cycle path, I'm using the cycle path' but he kept saying 'stupid woman this is the foot path'.

"I was just shocked and there was so many people there, people were coming out(of the mosque) in their droves.

"He put his two arms out and had an annoyed look on his face.

"There was a man in his 20s with him and he started hitting his own face and saying 'white woman, white woman' to which I responded 'yes I am a white woman what does that have to do with the cycle lane?'

"I started to cycle again and the young man kept saying 'stupid white woman' and tapping his face.

"The older man stood aside and as soon as I thought he was letting me past he got his two arms and sent me flying.

"I couldn't control the bike and all I could see was oncoming traffic, I was trying to stop the bike flying onto the middle of the road and it came down on top of me.

"And I think I just burst into the tears.

"Most of the people just kept walking. I just remember these two men running over to me and helped me up and lifted the bike up for me."

The woman received minor injuries after the incident and was badly shaken.

She added: "My two knees were both badly brusied and swollen because it was rocky enough ground.

"The men that did it just laughed and walked off, all the people around them just walked off."

The woman explained she went to the garda station afterwards but is yet to give a statement.

Dublin Live contacted the garda press office about the incident.