A man who stabbed an English tourist during a violent incident in Dublin’s Temple Bar has been jailed for three years and nine months.
Jordan Carroll, 26, was one of three individuals involved in the attack on a visitor who had come to Dublin to celebrate a friend’s birthday, with the other two suspects not apprehended, reports RTE.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the victim was outside a Centra shop when a verbal confrontation escalated with Carroll’s group, who then assaulted him before Carroll stabbed him.
Carroll, of Lealand Meadows in Clondalkin, admitted to possession of a steak knife, assault causing harm, and violent disorder at Temple Bar Square on 20 September 2025, and has 123 previous convictions including assault and knife offences, reports RTE.
Garda Anthony Cunningham told prosecutor John Moher BL that the tourists were approached by three men, leading to a verbal dispute.
The group then began punching the victim, and Carroll took out a knife and made lunging movements toward him, reports RTE.
During the हमला, the victim dropped his phone while trying to protect himself, and one of the attackers took it, while gardaí who witnessed the apprehended Carroll nearby as the others escaped.
A bloodstained knife was recovered, and the injured man was taken for medical care, reports RTE.
Carroll told gardaí he had acted in self-defence, claiming he had been struck first and did not stab anyone. CCTV footage of the incident was shown in court.
A victim impact statement said the injured man sustained a stab wound requiring stitches and continues to experience physical and psychological последствия, including financial loss due to damaged belongings, increased anxiety, reduced fitness, and effects on his social and family life, reports RTE.
Defence counsel said Carroll had endured a deeply traumatic upbringing involving violence and exposure to criminal behaviour from an early age.
Counsel added that Carroll accepts responsibility, is ashamed, embarrassed, and deeply sorry for his actions, stating he had been intoxicated at the time, reports RTE.
In mitigation, the court heard Carroll entered an early guilty plea, cooperated with gardaí, and expressed remorse, as well as making efforts toward rehabilitation and planning to live with his sister after release.
Judge Martin Nolan described the offence as serious and emphasised the risks linked to knife attacks, noting that such incidents can sometimes result in fatalities, reports RTE.
He said fortunately no death occurred in this case, but warned that when a knife is used in this way “bad results sometimes occur”, reports RTE.
The judge set a headline sentence of six years in prison, which was reduced to three years and nine months after taking mitigating factors into account.
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