A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to taking part in an attack which left a then 17-year-old girl blind in one eye.
Alanna Quinn Idris was struck in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter by a member of a gang, fracturing her eye socket and leaving her permanently blind in her right eye.
Jack Cummins (21), of Rossmore Road, Ballyfermot, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris on Ballyfermot Road on December 30th, 2021. He had been due to stand trial.
A second man who took part in the attack was handed a sentence of 4½ years in March 2023.
Darragh Lyons (21), of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris, assault causing harm to her friend Louis O’Sullivan, and violent disorder on Ballyfermot Road on December 30th, 2021.
A third man, Josh Cummins (20), of Raheen Drive, Ballyfermot, received a five-year sentence, with the final two years suspended in November 2023 for his role in the incident
He pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris. He further pleaded guilty to a count of violent disorder and one of production of an article, a hurl, in the course of a dispute.
He also pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Louis O’Sullivan as part of the same incident.
Judge Patricia Ryan heard that Cummins has no previous convictions and remanded him on continuing bail to be sentenced on May 12th next. She ordered the preparation of a probation report and a victim impact statement.
