Flowers left close to the scene of a stabbing at Parnell Square East, Dublin, on November 22nd, 2023. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins PhotosA man charged with attempting to murder three children on Dublin’s Parnell Square in late 2023 is fit to stand trial, a judge has ruled. In his decision on Friday regarding Riad Bouchaker’s fitness to plead and stand trial, Judge Tony Hunt said this was a “finely balanced” matter. Bouchaker has a mental disorder – moderate dementia – and, because of that, is unfit to plead and to stand trial, she said. Based on that evidence, and the Garda interviews, he held that Bouchaker was fit to stand trial, with accommodations.

Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2026 15:11 UTC