Ryan McLoughlin sentenced for Tallaght knife assault

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Ryan McLoughlin received a three-year sentence, with the final 12 months suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 11 February 2019, after pleading guilty to assault causing harm. The offence occurred at Tallaght Bypass on 26 May 2013, when McLoughlin followed Scott Byrne and stabbed him in the buttock and stomach. The court heard that McLoughlin also seriously injured his own left hand during the attack. The suspended sentence required him to follow probation directions for 12 months and disassociate from negative peers.