That has nothing to do with their immigration status here
Think it may when itâs time to fuck him out
Judge Nolan has this case - sentencing tomorrow. 3 years custodial (suspended) the likely outcome.
Alanna Quinn Idris tells court the life she knew came to âabrupt endâ on night of attack
18-year-old, who was hit with saddle of electric scooter in 2021, tells court âwoman she was supposed to be died that nightâ
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Alanna Quinn Idris, who suffered serious head injuries.
Jessica Magee
Wed Mar 22 2023 - 18:57
An 18-year-old woman who was blinded in one eye in an organised attack by a gang of four youths has told a court that her confidence and her chance of having a normal life have been destroyed.
Alanna Quinn Idris took to the stand at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday to outline the ongoing impact on her life of the attack on December 30th, 2021.
Darragh Lyons (19) of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, will be sentenced on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder at Ballyfermot Road on the night in question.
Lyons further admitted assaulting causing harm to Ms Quinn Idrisâ friend Louis OâSullivan during the same attack. The attack took place a short time after a brief verbal dispute at a bus stop between Mr OâSullivan and one of the accused.
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The court heard there had been âabusive and loutish behaviourâ by Lyonsâ co-accused towards both victims on the bus. Two other men are facing trial in relation to the attack and cannot be named, while a fourth man could not be identified.
Reading from her victim impact statement Ms Quinn Idris said the life she was supposed to live was taken away from her before she turned 18.
âLife as I knew it came to an abrupt end. I will never be the woman I was supposed to be â she died that night. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,â she said.
The court heard that Ms Quinn Idris was knocked unconscious after she was hit in the side of the face with the saddle of an electric scooter wielded by another of the accused.
Lyons did not wield any weapon in the attack but he punched Ms Quinn Idris on the side of her face and was also involved in punching and kicking Mr OâSullivan.
Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. She has lost vision permanently in one eye and is likely to need a prosthetic replacement, according to a medical report submitted to court.
Ms Quinn Idris said she was still discovering all the ways âthis awful attackâ has hurt her and set her life in a different course.
âI feel embarrassed, mortified and heartbroken. I cannot look in the mirror without entirely dissociating and at times Iâm overcome with flashbacks,â she said, adding that she did not look or feel like the same person.
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âPeople used to tell me I should model â I didnât like it, it made me feel uncomfortable. I never felt I was beautiful, but I wish Iâd listened to them. Iâve never been the most confident girl, but I had a little, until my attackers took that away,â she said.
Alanna Quinn Idris says people used to tell her that she should be a model.
Ms Quinn Idris thanked the local community for their thoughts and prayers and the local gardaĂ for their hard work, expressing the hope that this work will result in her attackers facing appropriate consequences for their actions.
She said that she missed so much of the final months of her Leaving Cert year and also missed occasions including her 18th birthday, her graduation and the birth of her brother.
Gda Ciaran Murray told Edward Doocey BL, prosecuting, that it was an âorganised, retaliatory attackâ by a gang of four youths who set upon a male and female that they had tracked from a distance.
A number of the gang were armed with a hurl, the saddle of an e-scooter and a knife, while both victims were unarmed, the court heard.
Gda Murray said that Ms Quinn Idris had been in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre on the day in question and got a bus to Ballyfermot with her friend Louis OâSullivan.
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Some of the accused were also on the bus but there were no interactions until all parties got off the bus at about half nine at night, when there was a brief verbal dispute of some sort between Mr OâSullivan and one of the accused.
They parted ways without incident and Ms Quinn Idris, Mr OâSullivan and a third friend walked to this friendâs house and waited outside while she went in to change out of her school uniform.
Two of the accused had phoned Lyons and the fourth accused who joined them as they waited on the far side of the road from Ms Quinn Idris and Mr OâSullivan. There were some verbal exchanges before the gang, with Lyons leading the fray, crossed the road and punched Ms Quinn Idris once on the side of her face, causing her to fall back into a wall.
Another accused then took the saddle from his electric scooter and started attacking Mr OâSullivan.
Ms Quinn Idris regained her footing and tried to pull two suspects off Mr OâSullivan, whereupon one of the accused swung the saddle in a âbaseball swing styleâ to the side of her face and she immediately fell down and lost consciousness, said Gda Murray.
Lyons then shouted âstab him, ladsâ and jumped over Ms Quinn Idris as all three continued attacking, punching and kicking Mr OâSullivan, also striking him seven times with the saddle and eight times with the hurl. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons.
The attack lasted about a minute and stopped only when passing motorists intervened and all four attackers fled the scene, the court heard.
Ms Quinn Idris was taken by ambulance to St Jamesâs Hospital with a broken eye socket and then transferred to the Eye and Ear Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery.
A medical report handed in to court stated that her eye was fully depressed and she has lost her vision permanently and is likely to need a prosthetic eye, the court heard.
Lyons has no previous convictions. The court heard it was his 18th birthday on the day of the attack and that he had been in a friendâs house when one of the suspects phoned him.
Dean Kelly SC, defending Lyons, said his client was not involved in the âabusive and loutish behaviourâ of the other suspects towards both victims on the bus. Mr Kelly said Lyons had gone to what he understood to be an understood to be an incident of more violence and was âthe first person into the frayâ.
Mr Kelly said although Lyons did not inflict the very serious injuries on Ms Quinn Idris, he was âboth morally and criminally responsibleâ for what happened to her, agreeing with Gda Murray that it was a âjoint enterpriseâ.
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Mr Kelly said Ms Quinn Idris were âutterly blamelessâ and that Lyons had expressed his shame and regret and his wish that he could turn back the clock.
The court heard that the incident caused a furore in the local area and that Lyons left school and moved house. He has since re-enrolled back into education and a letter from his former homeschool liaison officer described Lyons as an asset to the classroom and someone who was kind and compassionate to others.
Lyonsâ father also wrote to the court expressing âshock and disbeliefâ at what his son did and expressing the familyâs deepest apology and regret to Ms Quinn Idris.
Mr Lyons said the offence was âout of characterâ and that he would ensure that his son âwould never see the inside of these courts againâ. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with âsignificant success and honestyâ.
Mr Kelly said Lyonsâ father had spent a considerable amount of time in prison when the accused was young and had split up with his wife when Lyons was aged 10. A probation report placed Lyons as at moderate risk of reoffending within the next 12 months.
Lyons himself wrote a letter of apology which was handed into court.
Judge Martin Nolan agreed with counsel for the defence that Lyons had pleaded guilty and had no record of conviction and had gained insight into his offending.
âBut thereâs another side to it,â said Judge Nolan, adjourning sentence until 1pm on Thursday.
Fcuk.
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Thatâs a tough read.
Fucking animals. Absolute scumbags. Iâd give him ten years without thinking about it.
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4 and a half years for one of the attackers who took out the eye of Alanna Quinn Idris.
https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/0323/1365886-darragh-lyons/
Darragh Lyonsâs father Keith was a heroin addict and killed a man, Jarlath Smith, in 1995.
Keith Lyonsâ father was a heroin addict who died of his addiction.
All this is a demonstration of the toll of heroin down the decades.
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Well-known entertainer sent for trial on child sex charges
The celebrity, in his late 30s, had a book of evidence served on him at Dublin District Court
A WELL-known entertainer has been sent for trial on child sex charges.
The celebrity, in his late 30s, had a book of evidence served on him at Dublin District Court today.
Judge Treasa Kelly sent him forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Today was the manâs second court appearance after he was arrested last month and charged with three counts of defilement of a child under the age of 17.
The entertainment industry figure cannot be identified for legal reasons.
All three charges relate to offences allegedly committed more than a decade ago. He is accused of three counts of engaging in oral sex with a child at locations in Dublin on dates between August 2010 and January 2011.
The offences are contrary to Section 3 (1) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.
Today, state solicitor Niamh McKernan said a book of evidence was ready and was served on the accused.
The Director of Public Prosecutions consented to the man being sent for trial to the next sittings of the circuit court, she said.
The defendantâs barrister Aislinn Finnegan asked the judge to note that there were reporting restrictions in the case.
A garda sergeant handed the book of evidence to the accused, who stood and leafed through it as he waited for his case to be dealt with.
The judge gave the man the formal notice that he has 14 days to provide any alibi details to the prosecution.
He was remanded on bail of âŹ500 with no cash lodgement required, under existing terms, to appear in the circuit court on April 20.
Under bail conditions, the accused must have no contact with the alleged victim or any witnesses, âthat includes social media, not meeting the person, no phone calls, Facebook or Instagram,â the judge said
The accused had surrendered his passport and he is not to apply for a new one.
The judge said he must notify the gardai of any change of address and be contactable on a phone number he provided. She asked the man if he agreed to the terms.
âYes,â he said, then: âThere has been a change of address, Judge.â
The judge said this could be given to the court registrar who would change it on his bail bond.
She then gave the accused the formal warning that if he has any alibi, he must put the prosecution on notice within 14 days.
The judge ordered the prosecution to furnish the defence with the accusedâs garda interview video.
She asked if there was an application for free legal aid.
âI donât have instructions on that,â Ms Finnegan said.
Judge Kelly said an application could be made in the circuit court.
The accused, dressed in a grey jumper, scarf and blue jeans, was not required to otherwise address the court during the brief hearing and has not yet entered pleas to the charges.
At his last court appearance, a detective from the Garda Protective Services Bureau gave evidence of the manâs arrest, charge and caution.
The detective garda said the man made no reply to either of the three counts after caution and was handed copies of the charge sheets.
He said the DPP directed trial on indictment on all charges.
The accused had been granted bail after the court heard there were no garda objections subject to conditions.
The maximum sentence under the legislation, on conviction, is five yearsâ imprisonment, and 10 years if a person found guilty of the offence was in a position of authority.
i think the scarf is the giveawayâŚ
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Bit slow on the uptake today. Any more obvious clues who they are referring to here?
its all relative
D=EMC2
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Scratching around there at well known.
I thought this was all declared false. I canât keep up.
everyone deserves their day in court
Fucking hellâŚ
Was he not cleared of this?
A lot of lads with egg on their faces after this revelation
He had a believable cover story for one of the victims which exonerated him for everything
Thereâs another claim? 
Is he still on the radio this fella?
Is this a different case?