You can stab someone in the face in Dublin now, and not go to prison.

Given who the judge in the case is, there's no surprise at all. Martin Nolan is famous for his baffling decisions.

If I end up in court I pray to Satan I get Judge Nolan.

Never get involved in domestics. Learned that the hard way(yes, included being stabbed).

Only works if you're bottom feeding scum or the type that floats to the top.

Doesn't apply if you're in the middle and also doesn't work if you harm your betters.

Own fault for getting involved in other people’s ****

Perhaps there should be more incidents of appeals against the leniency of sentences? If the courts get clogged up with those appeals, it might send a message to the judiciary to get their act together?

Oh, and someone else who didn't get locked up, although he didn't stab anyone. Guess the judge.

60-year-old man spared jail for his role in ‘classic invoice redirection fraud’ - SundayWorld.com

he couldnt do one job properly and now he cant do this one either

A friend of mine was a Garda (retired) and he advised me a few years ago that the one thing he dreaded was being called to a domestic incident. on xmas day many years ago, called to a house in waterford where husband was beating wife up. After much ado, they finally got hubby out of house and were pushing/shoving him in the direction of the Paddy wagon. From nowhere the much beaten wife emerged from the house and unleashed a kick on the Garda. Eventually after all was in order and punter on his way to the Station, Garda approached wife enquiring about she decided to give him a kicking. He was told that if she did not do it, husband would give her another hiding on his return from the station

How to be put in a&e or a grave.

Call the guards.

I think that's what all police officers fear the worst. You have a violent incident between two people and the police is always seen as an unwelcoming 3rd party interference in such a situation. And an outside interference is certainly not wanted by two arguing parties.

It's different if cops are chasing robbers. There are only two parties involved, the good ones and the bad ones.

Before 1921 it used to be "The only justice is British justice" in a different context.

Today "Irish justice" is something else entirely, - apparently.

Well, it's an interesting question.

Now you can get away clean for stabbing somebody in the face.

But could one do that prior to 1921?

It would have been "The judge said stand up lad, and dry up your tears....."