Five-year-old girl stabbed in Dublin leaves intensive care unit

The injured girl continues to receive treatment at Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin.

A five-year-old girl who has spent the past month in intensive care after being stabbed in the chest outside her Dublin school has finally left ICU and been placed on a ward.

The child was one of four victims, including two other children and a creche worker, of an attack outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square in the city on November 23.

The two other children have since been released from hospital.

The little girl, who was the most seriously injured of the three, was taken to nearby Temple Street Children’s Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery. She has remained in the hospital ever since.

Treatment continuing

It is understood that the young girl left the ICU last week and that her treatment is continuing on a general ward.

A GoFundMe set up for the family of the child, which has raised just over €50,000 to date, had previously noted that the girl’s parents were hopeful that she would be well enough to leave the ICU before the end of the year.

The attack last month caused a chain reaction of events leading that night to the worst rioting seen in Dublin for generations.

A 50-year-old man, Riad Bouchaker appeared at Dublin District Court earlier this week, charged with the attempted murder of three children and the assault of creche worker Leanne Flynn during the Parnell Square incident.