Ireland Man in his 30s hospitalised after machete assault on Talbot Street, Dublin
On Sunday 26 November 2023, a man in his 30s was attacked with a machete on Talbot Street, Dublin 1, while a group surrounded him. Footage reported by the Irish Mirror and Dublin Live shows a man striking him in the legs with a machete, while another man punched him repeatedly in the head. The injured man was taken to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the group fled, leaving the machete behind. Gardaí carried out a technical examination of the scene, and the investigation is ongoing, with no arrest or charge reported in the sources.
- Reported27 Nov
2 reports - Arrested
- Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A man in his 30s was attacked with a machete on Talbot Street while a group surrounded him.
- The injured man was taken to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Where
- The assault took place on Talbot Street, Dublin 1.
- When
- The assault took place on Sunday 26 November 2023 in the evening, and was reported in the press on 27 November 2023.
- One source says gardaí received a report at about 9:25pm; the other says the incident happened at 9:25pm.
- Weapon
- A man struck the victim in the legs with a machete, according to footage seen by the Irish Mirror and Dublin Live.
- Cause
- Another man punched the victim repeatedly in the head.
- Investigation
- The group fled the scene and left the machete behind, and a trail of blood was seen on the street.
- Gardaí carried out a technical examination of the scene, and investigations are ongoing; no arrest or charge is reported.
- Other details
- Independent Councillor Mannix Flynn criticised what he called "zero policing" on Talbot Street.
17 statements extracted from the articles
- whatA man was seen striking another man with a machete, cutting his leg, while a group surrounded him. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe man in his 30s was taken to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA man was attacked with a machete on Talbot Street. (dublinlive.ie)
- whereThe assault took place on Talbot Street, Dublin 1. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe incident happened on Talbot Street, Dublin 1. (dublinlive.ie)
- whenThe assault happened on Sunday, 26 November 2023, in the evening. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenGardaí received a report of the assault at about 9:25pm. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe assault occurred on Sunday 26 November 2023. (dublinlive.ie)
- causeAnother man punched the victim repeatedly in the head. (dublinlive.ie)
- weaponThe man was attacked with a machete. (irishmirror.ie)
- weaponThe man was struck in the legs with a machete. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe group fled the scene and left the machete behind. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí carried out a technical examination of the scene. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí conducted a technical examination of the scene. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationInvestigations are ongoing. (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe group fled the scene and left the weapon behind. (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe injured man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (dublinlive.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 27 Nov2023Man attacked with machete in violent late night incident on Talbot Street
First report of the incident. Adds the Garda account that the injured man was a man in his 30s with non-life-threatening injuries, and includes a councillor's criticism of policing in the city.
victim, 30s, malesuspect, male - 27 Nov2023Man hospitalised following vicious assault with machete on Talbot Street
First report of the Talbot Street machete assault. Adds the weapon, the hospital treatment, the time of the report, the fleeing group and the technical examination of the scene.
victim, 30s, male