Victim of unprovoked attack in Dublin, Alanna Quinn Idris, to get new prosthetic eye

Alanna Quinn Idris made international headlines when she was hit in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter in an unprovoked attack while out walking with her friend in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, on December 30, 2021. File photo: Collins Court

A young woman who lost the vision in one of her eyes after an attack by four youths has revealed she is getting a new prosthetic eye on Friday.

Alanna Quinn Idris made international headlines when she was hit in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter in an unprovoked attack while out walking with her friend in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, on December 30, 2021. She was just 17 at the time and was left unconscious and suffered a broken cheekbone, a ruptured eyeball and a shattered tooth.