In total there have been five separate stabbings in Dublin over the past 10 days.
The killing of 16-year old Josh Dunne on Tuesday night in the North Inner City has sparked calls for stricter enforcement to deal with knife crime.
Barbara Clinton's is the chairperson of the advocates for victims of homicide.
Her Father Patrick was stabbed to death 20 years ago and she says the impact of the crime never fades away:
"There's a vacant chair."
"All we have is a grave to go to."
"That's the consequence of knife crime."
A man remains in custody in connection to the death of Josh Dunne, while investigations are ongoing into two separate stabbings in Dublin yesterday.
Can jump on board with this but exceptions do need to be made for those of us who work in trades etc that carry around Stanley knives etc for work as most of us just leave them in our pockets all day,but something definitely needs to be done before knife crime gets out of control https://t.co/6thqjAXSwN
— Adam Kelly (@adamthomaskelly) January 29, 2021
Gardaí Seized Over 2,000 knives in 2019
Retired Garda Detective Patrick Marry, says there are certain measures which could reduce knife-crime.
"You could embark on an amnesty for people who have knives, to dump them at specific locations."
"Also to increase Garda powers to stop and search."
This man told Adrian Kennedy on Dublin Talks that he carries a knife for protection:
"When in town at night time, if I'm walking around or anything like that yeah."
"I don't go carrying a machete or anything like that, I'd carry a small little thing."
"Yeah, absolutely."
There are calls for an awareness campaign and stricter penalties to be introduced as figures show Gardaí seized over 2,000 knives in 2019.
