‘A knife attack does so much damage’: One family's story

With an almost 60% increase in knife murders to 19 fatalities in 2014, a bereaved family member tells Cormac O’Keeffe of his continuing pain and grief

SIX years ago, what Noel Byrne feared would happen, did happen. But not even in his worst nightmares could he have imagined such a savage end to his brother’s life.

“Paul was stabbed previously by her and we felt it was going to be inevitable,” he says.