Footballer stabbed repeatedly in city robbery

Dublin football star Jonny Cooper said he is "humbled" by good wishes he has received after he was the victim of an horrific stabbing in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The 24-year-old suffered knife wounds to the face and neck after being attacked after 5am on Dublin’s Dorset St by a man demanding his wallet.

The defender was stabbed up to a dozen times in the attack, which occurred after he was making his way home after a night out in Dublin City.