Man jailed for afternoon stabbing on Cork's Patrick Street

Victim would have bled to death but for the immediate intervention of nearby gardaí

Gardaí on St Patrick St, Cork, when it was closed off in October 2020. File Picture

A young man could have bled to death after a pre-meditated knife attack in front of afternoon shoppers and motorists in the centre of Cork city.

But for the intervention of gardaí who stemmed the flow of blood from the victim’s severed artery on the side of St Patrick’s St, the victim could have died.