Hundreds of people flock to Ireland-New York 'Portal'… unaware it has been switched off due to bad behaviour! Tourists say they are dismayed to have missed the fun – but Dublin locals say it was 'crazy' to put it in 'the worst spot in the city'

It was a novelty tech device that was intended to unite two countries and bring some much-needed fun.

But the Star Trek-style portal linking Dublin and New York became an instant magnet for drunken, lewd and anti-social behaviour.

After footage showed drunks flocking to the portal to bare their backsides or snort drugs, a porn model baring her breasts, people displaying Swastikas and footage of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, organisers took the decision earlier this week to close the…