Man pleads guilty for part in assault which blinded teenage girl

By Natasha Reid

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to procuring the commission of an assault, which left a then seventeen-year-old girl blind in one eye.

Alanna Quinn Idris was struck in the face with the saddle of an electric scooter by a member of a gang, fracturing her eye socket and leaving her permanently blind in her right eye.

Jack Cummins (21), with an address at Rossmore Road, Ballyfermot was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today/yesterday (Thursday), where he pleaded guilty to procuring the commission of assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris on Ballyfermot Road on December 30, 2021. He had been due to stand trial.

A second man who took part in the attack was handed a sentence of four and a half years in March 2023.

Darragh Lyons (21) of Weir View, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris, assault causing harm to her friend Louis O’Sullivan and violent disorder on Ballyfermot Road on December 30, 2021.

A third man, Josh Cummins (20) of Raheen Drive, Ballyfermot, received a five-year sentence, with the final two years suspended in November 2023 for his role in the incident

He pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris. He further pleaded guilty to a count of violent disorder and one of production of an article, a hurl, in the course of a dispute.

He also pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Louis O’Sullivan as part of the same incident.

Judge Patricia Ryan heard today/yesterday (Thursday) that Cummins has no previous convictions.

She remanded him on continuing bail and directed the preparation of a probation report, along with a victim impact statement. He is due to be sentenced on May 12, 2025.