Lenihan to probe law on samurai sword sales

JUSTICE Minister Brian Lenihan has asked the Garda commissioner to examine the situation in relation to samurai swords and advise him on whether their sale should be restricted.

Mr Lenihan dismissed claims from opposition parties that a simple change to the law was all that was required and said it would be “easy” to rush through emergency legislation without establishing the facts first.

The announcement follows last Sunday’s horror attack in a Dublin pub in which 27-year-old Peter Rogers has his hand completely severed by an attacker wielding a samurai sword.