A 19-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of James Donoghue outside a Ballymun house party in September 2006.

As the Garda launches its knife awareness campaign, recent court cases offer a brief glimpse into the growing knife culture and underline the need to tackle it, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A 22 year-old Dublin man was today sentenced to 12 years in prison with three-years suspended for the manslaughter of James Donoghue as part of a joint enterprise with two other men in September 2006.

A 21-year-old man has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of a 26 year-old man after a stabbing in Ballymun last year.

A murder trial jury heard today that the accused in using a knife twice must be presumed to have intended to kill or cause serious injury.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed another man twice because he was afraid of his life, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A murder trial jury heard today that DNA found on the clothing of the accused matched that of the murder victim.

Gardaí in Dublin have released the three men arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in the north of the city early yesterday.

A WOMAN’S 21st birthday celebrations ended in tragedy yesterday when her brother was stabbed to death at her party on Dublin’s northside.