Alanna Quinn Idris

Alanna Quinn Idris spoke as Darragh Lyons (19) of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, will be sentenced tomorrow after he pleaded guilty to assault ...

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. Ms Quinn Idris said she was still discovering all the ways “this awful attack” has hurt her and set her life in a different course. 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. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with “significant success and honesty”. Ms Quinn Idris thanked the local community for their thoughts and prayers and the local gardaí for their hard work, expressing the hope that this work will result in her attackers facing appropriate consequences for their actions. 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 O’Sullivan. A probation report placed Lyons as at moderate risk of reoffending within the next 12 months. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. I’ve never been the most confident girl, but I had a little, until my attackers took that away,” she said. Darragh Lyons (19) of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, will be sentenced tomorrow after he pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder at [Ballyfermot](https://www.dublinlive.ie/all-about/ballyfermot) Road on the night in question. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,” she said. I will never be the woman I was supposed to be – she died that night.

A teenager who was blinded in one eye in an organised attack by four youths has told a court that her confidence and her chance of having a normal life have ...

Gda Murray said that Ms Quinn Idris had been in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre on the day in question and got a bus to Ballyfermot with her friend Mr O’Sullivan. There were some verbal exchanges before the gang, with Lyons leading the fray, crossed the road and punchedMs Quinn Idris once on the side of her face, causing her to fall back. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons. Lyons did not wield any weapon but he punched Ms Quinn Idris on the side of her face and was also involved in beating Mr O’Sullivan. 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. She has lost vision permanently in one eye and is likely to need a prosthetic replacement, according to a medical report.

Darragh Lyons of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod in Dublin pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder at Ballyfermot Road on December ...

At the hearing, she told the judge her life as she knew it came to an abrupt end when she was attacked. In her victim impact statement, she said the life she was supposed to live was taken from her that night. The blow knocked her unconscious and led to her becoming blind in one eye.

Darragh Lyons of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod in Dublin pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder at Ballyfermot Road on the 30 ...

"Do I think he wanted her to sustain these very serious injuries," the judge said, "I do not, but he was involved in what happened that night and culpable by common design for what occurred." Sentencing him, the judge said Lyons co-operated, pleaded guilty, has no criminal record and is unlikely to involve himself in any "great criminal behaviour" in the future. He said the offence was "out of character" and he would ensure that his son "would never see the inside of these courts again". 'I've to be like this for the rest of my life and in four-and-a-half years he'll be out and about' - Alanna Quinn Idris, who was blinded in one eye during an attack in December 2021, speaks after one of her attackers was sentenced "I’ve to be like this now for the rest of my life and in four and-a-half years' time he’ll be out and about and I don’t really feel like these consequences are really justified, considering how I have to be now for the rest of my life." The gang were armed with a hurley, the saddle of an e-scooter and a knife and when Ms Quinn Idris tried to pull them off her friend, one of them hit her with the saddle.

Darragh Lyons (19) pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder.

He has since re-enrolled in 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. Dean Kelly SC, defending Lyons, said his client was not involved in the “abusive and loutish behaviour” of the other suspects towards both victims on the bus. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with “significant success and honesty”. A probation report placed Lyons as at moderate risk of reoffending within the next 12 months. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. Another accused then took the saddle from his electric scooter and started attacking Mr O’Sullivan. Two other men are facing trial in relation to the attack and cannot be named, while a fourth man could not be identified. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,” Ms Quinn Idris told the court. I’ve never been the most confident girl, but I had a little, until my attackers took that away,” she said. Lyons also admitted assaulting causing harm to Ms Quinn Idris' friend Louis O’Sullivan during the same attack. Judge Nolan set a headline sentence of eight to nine years, but reduced this on account of mitigating factors including Lyons’ early plea, his cooperation, his lack of previous convictions and his young age.

Darragh Lyons (19) pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder.

Ms Quinn Idris was taken by ambulance to St James’s Hospital with a broken eye socket and then transferred to the Eye and Ear Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery. Dean Kelly SC, defending Lyons, said his client was not involved in the “abusive and loutish behaviour” of the other suspects towards both victims on the bus. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with “significant success and honesty”. 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. 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. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. Another accused then took the saddle from his electric scooter and started attacking Mr O’Sullivan. Two other men are facing trial in relation to the attack and cannot be named, while a fourth man could not be identified. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,” Ms Quinn Idris told the court. Lyons also admitted assaulting causing harm to Ms Quinn Idris’ friend Louis O’Sullivan during the same attack. Judge Nolan set a headline sentence of eight to nine years but reduced this on account of mitigating factors including Lyons’ early plea, his co-operation, his lack of previous convictions and his young age.

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A TEENAGER who took part in what a judge termed a “savage attack” that left a seventeen-year-old girl blind in one eye has been sentenced to four.

Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object.” [Dublin](http://www.thesun.ie/where/dublin/) 20, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm and violent disorder on Ballyfermot Road on December 30, 2021. 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 punched Ms Quinn Idris on the side of her face and was also involved in punching and kicking Mr O’Sullivan. [Alanna Quinn Idris](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10428105/alanna-quinn-idris-attack-ballyfermot-victim-impact-statement/), now aged 18, was hit in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter by another member of the gang, fracturing her eye socket and leaving her permanently blind in her right eye. A TEENAGER who took part in a “savage attack” that left a 17-year-old girl blind in one eye has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Darragh Lyons, 19, has been jailed for four and a half years for taking part in a gang attack on then-17-year-old Alanna Quinn Idris in Ballyfermot, ...

He also took Lyons' age into account, stating that young people do "irrational and stupid" things. She said she now has to live the rest of her life disabled, adding that the woman she was supposed to become "died that night." Handing down the sentence on Thursday, March 23, Judge Martin Nolan said the attack was "premeditated" and "savage", adding that Quinn Idris was trying to protect her friend, who was the target of the attack.

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Darragh Lyons has admitted assault causing serious harm and violent disorder.

Dean Kelly SC, defending Lyons, said his client was not involved in the “abusive and loutish behaviour” of the other suspects towards both victims on the bus. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with “significant success and honesty”. There was 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. 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. The attack lasted about a minute and stopped only when passing motorists intervened and all four attackers fled the scene, the court heard. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons. Garda Ciaran Murray told Edward Doocey BL, prosecuting, that it was an “organised, retaliatory attack” by a gang of four youths who set upon a male and female that they had tracked from a distance. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. Two other men are facing trial in relation to the attack and cannot be named, while a fourth man could not be identified. I’ve never been the most confident girl, but I had a little, until my attackers took that away,” she said. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,” she said. Lyons further admitted assault causing harm to Ms Quinn Idris' friend Louis O’Sullivan during the same attack.

In a judgement delivered today Judge Martin Nolan condemned what he said was a pre-meditated, savage attack that involved collaboration between the young ...

Ms Quinn Idris was taken by ambulance to St James Hospital with a broken eye socket and then transferred to the Eye and Ear Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery. A letter from a counsellor said Lyons has engaged in regular counselling with “significant success and honesty”. Lyons and three others waited on the far side of the road from Ms Quinn Idris and Mr O’Sullivan. 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. Dean Kelly SC, defending Lyons, said his client was not involved in the “abusive and loutish behaviour” towards both victims on the bus. A probation report placed Lyons as at moderate risk of reoffending within the next 12 months. Another of the group then took the saddle from his electric scooter and started attacking Mr O’Sullivan. A knife was later found at the scene but was not attributed to Lyons. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. Sometimes I wish I never woke up from when I was hit with that object,” Ms Quinn Idris told the court. Lyons also admitted assaulting causing harm to Ms Quinn Idris' friend Louis O’Sullivan during the same attack. Judge Nolan set a headline sentence of eight to nine years but reduced this on account of mitigating factors including Lyons’ early plea, his cooperation, his lack of previous convictions and his young age.

An emotional Alanna Quinn Idris, 18, said she didn't feel the sentence her attacker Darragh Lyons received was long enough.

Garda Ciaran Murray told Edward Doocey BL, prosecuting, that Ms Quinn Idris and Mr O’Sullivan were attacked by a group of four youths. Ms Quinn Idris has since had numerous reconstructive surgeries to her right eye socket and a bone graft taken from her hip. Two other men are facing trial in relation to the attack and cannot be named, while a fourth man could not be identified. Lyons also admitted assaulting causing harm to Ms Quinn Idris’ friend Louis O’Sullivan during the same attack. Alanna, then aged 17, was hit in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter by another youth, fracturing her eye socket. I’ve to be like this for the rest of my life.