More than 6,000 knives seized by gardaí, with 200 people in Cork convicted for possession  

The average sentence imposed by the District Court for possession of a knife was four-and-a-half months

Sixty-three people were convicted in Cork city last year for possession of a knife. Picture: Denis Minihane.

More than 200 people have been convicted in Cork city for the possession of a knife in the past three years, with gardaí seizing more than 6,000 weapons across the country since 2019.

The average sentence imposed by the District Court last year for possession of a knife was four-and-a-half months according to separate statistics from the Department of Justice.,