We must be 'absolutely intolerant of people carrying knives in public', says Taoiseach

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: 'There is a wider societal piece we must focus on in respect of all the factors which give rise to the level of violence we are experiencing and of which individuals are getting involved in.' File picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The Taoiseach has said that there must be no tolerance of the "growing phenomenon" of people carrying knives in public.

In the Dáil on Tuesday, Micheál Martin expressed his condolences to the family of a man stabbed to death in Dublin city over the weekend.