Dublin stabbing eye witness Siobhán Kearney: 'We got the knife off him... and formed a ring around him'

Garda at the scene of the stabbing near a school in Dublin city centre on Thursday. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Photos

Eye witness Siobhan Kearney was attending the Stardust inquests at the Rotunda Hospital in the north inner city on Thursday afternoon when she overheard screaming and children crying on Parnell Street across the road.

The 60-year-old from Co Kildare ran to the scene and immediately called for help.