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157 People Hospitalised After Being Stabbed In 2020.

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The majority of victims were male.

157 people were hospitalised after being stabbed with a knife last year.

87 per cent were men, and the majority were in Dublin.

Eoghan Murphy reports:


Nearly 500 people needed hospital care as a result of knife-assaults between 2018 and 2020.

Sinn Féin's justice spokesperson, Martin Kenny, says stabbings are a huge problem among young people

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