Gardaí trying to establish motive for stabbing of children and creche worker

Gardaí were still trying to establish the motive after a man stabbed a number of people, including children, outside a school in Dublin city. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Photos

Gardaí have said that they are still trying to establish the motive after a man stabbed a number of people, including children, outside a school in Dublin city.

The man is understood to have arrived in the area just after 1.30pm when children were lining up outside an aftercare creche, and proceeded to attack them with a knife.