Leanne Flynn received a significant injury after intervening when a group of small children were attacked by Riad Bouchaker.

Creche worker Leanne Flynn was zipping up the coat of one of the little boys in her care when she noticed Riad Bouchaker darting towards a five-year-old girl further up the line

Riad Bouchaker (52), of no fixed address, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to Flynn, at Parnell Square East in Dublin City on November 23rd 2023.

It is understood that the child has left Temple Street ICU and that her treatment is continuing on a general ward