Separate knife attacks over Halloween night in Dublin left one man dead and another two fighting for their lives.

Two Dublin men whose assault on a Norwegian tourist has left him with severe head injuries and a serious speech impediment have been jailed for terms of seven and six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt today.

Two thugs whose horrific assault on a Norwegian tourist has left him with severe head injuries and a serious speech impediment have been jailed for terms of seven and six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.