The City's Lord Mayor is calling for a serious debate around knife crime.
Her calls come in the wake of two separate attacks in Carrigaline in recent weeks which left one man dead and saw a teenager hospitalised.
Lord Mayor Cllr Deirdre Forde has suggested the introduction of a knife amnesty as a step towards discouraging youths that are involved in such incident and making communities feel safer.
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285 gardaí were injured after being assaulted on duty last year.
According to freedom of information figures, it's a 17 per cent increase on the previous year.
23 Gardaí received bone fractures or dislocations last year, while 17 received open wounds.
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The Taoiseach is to meet political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos today.
Among his appointments are meetings with UK Labour leader Keir Starmer, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, and president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.
Leo Varadkar will also meet senior representatives from Intel and Amazon.
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A Status Yellow ice warning for the whole country is in place until midday.
Met Éireann is warning of hazardous travelling conditions with icy stretches on roads and footpaths.
It says freezing rain is possible in the southwest, along with freezing fog patches.
