Man with ‘propensity for violence’ jailed after attack

A man with “a propensity to violence” has been jailed for seven years for an unprovoked and savage attack on a man.

Daniel Martin, aged 21, was also jailed for a stabbing incident on a Luas the previous year and a hijacking in Dublin City centre, during which he slashed the driver’s shoulder with a blade.

The court heard that Martin, who was raised by his grandmother, drank 16 cans of beer in one hour before he jumped into the passenger seat of Noel Comer’s vehicle while it was stopped at traffic lights.