Man Linked To Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire Stabbings Emerges From Coma

Tuesday, 5 December 2023 09:31

By Martin Osborne

The man is not yet fit to be interviewed by officers, but is awake and breathing by himself.

It's emerged a man who Gardaí are waiting to speak to following the Dublin school knife attack has woken up from a coma.

The man is not yet fit to be interviewed by officers, but is awake and breathing by himself.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the stabbings outside Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire on Parnell Square on November 23rd.

A creche worker and three children were attacked during the incident, which sparked major riots in Dublin City Centre later that evening.

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