This is the bus driver whose selfless act for a homeless man has made him a hero.

Paul Doyle has been widely praised after he stopped his bus to reach the man a new winter coat he had bought having watched him standing in the rain.

The Good Samaritan said he felt obliged to help the drenched man who he had passed several times on his 10H Belfast route.





"He is very dedicated and sympathetic.

"He told me he had repeatedly seen this young man standing in terrible conditions with no coat and his clothes were very thin.

"This particular day he just said he thought he would try and help and look after him.

"He put it in a bag with some food.

"The young lad got very emotional and broke down."

Paul Doyle

Michael added: "He is very humble and he is taken aback by the amount of people who have responded to it."

The homeless man was said to be getting soaked in the rain as Paul drove the 10H route between Blacks Road and the city centre yesterday.

Paul's gesture captured hearts across Northern Ireland after student Anna Marie McDaniel heaped praise on the "thoughtful" bus driver.

She wrote to Translink: "On the bus home from university there, absolutely miserable wet and cold night.

"I get the same bus every Tuesday and there is always a homeless man that we pass. Today he was standing in the pouring rain, drenched to the skin in just a short-sleeved t-shirt. My heart went out to him.

"The bus man driving the 10H that I was on stopped the bus beside the man and called him over. He then hands him a big plastic bag and told him that he was hoping to see him today- he'd bought him a winter coat.

"The man refused to take the bag, but the driver was adamant that the man take it as he had gone out and bought it for him. I have never seen a smile like the one on the homeless man's face.




"It was only somebody had seen him doing it.

"During the week another incident of a similar nature happened on the Falls Road when another driver on the 10A did something of a similar nature.

"So it is not unknown for Metro drivers to do these things.

"We as a Union intend to do something on the run-up to Christmas for homeless people, to help them in some way.

"They seem to be the forgotten people of Belfast, especially coming up to Christmas."