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Case No. 0845Attempted robbery, assault causing harm · Co. Dublin · 9 Aug 2025

Man jailed for attempted robbery and assault causing harm in Dublin

Daniel Hayes, a 30-year-old man, was sentenced in June 2026 to four years in prison, with six months suspended, after pleading guilty to attempted robbery and assault causing harm. On 9 August 2025, Hayes tried to take an e-scooter from a 14-year-old boy outside his home in Dublin 8 and stabbed the boy's hand with a shard of glass from a broken beer bottle. Hayes was arrested at his home address and remanded in custody at Dublin District Court on 11 August 2025. He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and was sentenced, with the sentence backdated to August 2025.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court11 Aug
  5. Convicted11 Jun
    2 reports
  6. Sentenced10 Jun
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
Daniel Hayes, 30, a man and father of two, was charged with attempted robbery and assault causing harm after trying to take an e-scooter from a 14-year-old boy and stabbing his hand with a shard of glass.
Where
The incident took place outside the boy's home in the Dublin 8 area, Dublin city.
When
The incident occurred at around 10.20am on 9 August 2025.
Weapon
The shard of glass came from a broken beer bottle.
Investigation
Hayes was identified by gardaí after viewing CCTV footage from neighbouring homes and was arrested at his home address, making no reply.
Charges
Hayes was charged with attempted robbery and assault causing harm.
In court
  • Judge Michael Ramsey remanded Hayes in custody at Dublin District Court on 11 August 2025 pending DPP directions.
  • Hayes pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Sentence
The judge justified a headline sentence of six years but imposed four years, with the final six months suspended on strict conditions including 12 months with the Probation Service, backdated to August 2025.
Other details
  • Hayes has 126 previous convictions, all from the District Court, and claimed the glass fell out of the scooter rather than being used on the victim.
  • The boy had no connection to Hayes and still has some scarring on his hand, as a doctor felt his skin was too thin for stitches.
69 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatDaniel Hayes is a father of two. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatHayes was charged with attempted robbery and assault causing harm. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatThe accused ran to the boy and tried to take his e-scooter several times before the stabbing. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatThe boy had no connection to the accused. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatHayes is unemployed and on social welfare. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatHayes cares for his own mother and is attending a psychologist. (thejournal.ie)
  • whatHayes ran up to the teenager and tried to take the e-scooter off him. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatHayes was not successful in taking the e-scooter and ran off. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatFour men were convicted of sexually abusing their deaf relative (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatSix men aged between 33 and 55 faced 20 charges, 16 of which related to the main complainant (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe six men are the complainant's three uncles and three brothers (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatSeven men originally went on trial with 103 sexual abuse charges, but 83 were withdrawn by the DPP (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAll charges were withdrawn against the main complainant's 34-year-old brother (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused C, 35, was found guilty by majority verdict of anally raping his younger sister in the family home between September 2010 and September 2014 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused C was found guilty on nine further counts including sexual assault and rape of Complainant 2 and six counts against the main complainant (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused B, 48, was convicted of three counts of rape and one count of anal rape of the complainant between 2006 and 2014 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused E, 33, was convicted of two counts of anally raping the complainant between 2007 and 2009 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused F, 33, was found guilty of one count of raping his sister between 2007 and 2009 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused A, 55, was accused of a single count of raping the complainant between December 2009 and April 2011 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatAccused G, 46, was accused of a single count of raping the complainant when she was a child between 1995 and 1996 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe incident took place in Dublin city. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereThe teenager was outside his home at the time of the incident. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe incident occurred at around 10.20am on 9 August in the Dublin 8 area. (thejournal.ie)
  • whenThe incident occurred on 9 August 2025. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe abuse is alleged to have occurred over a 19-year period between 1995 and 2014 (irishmirror.ie)
  • weaponThe shard of glass came from a broken beer bottle. (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationCCTV evidence of the incident exists. (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationAn identity parade was not held. (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationThe accused was arrested at his home address and made no reply when arrested. (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationHayes was identified by gardaí after they viewed footage from neighbouring homes. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe woman was first interviewed by gardai in 2017, but this was later described in court as a failed process. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationShe was eventually interviewed extensively in 2021 with a team of interpreters. (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeSeven men faced a combined total of 103 charges, 98 of which pertained to abusing the main complainant. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtJudge Michael Ramsey remanded Hayes in custody pending DPP directions at Dublin District Court. (thejournal.ie)
  • courtHayes will appear again at Cloverhill District Court on Thursday. (thejournal.ie)
  • courtThe case is likely to go to trial in the Circuit Court. (thejournal.ie)
  • courtThe trial was the 131st day at the Central Criminal Court, the longest criminal trial in the country's history (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe jury was deadlocked on the remaining count of rape against Accused F and on rape counts against uncles Accused A and Accused G (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtA bench warrant was issued for Accused C after he was absent from court (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe three convicted men present in court were remanded into custody until next month for a sentence hearing (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe judge excused the jurors from jury service for the rest of their lives (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe DPP withdrew 83 of the 103 original charges towards the end of the trial. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtAccused B was convicted of three counts of rape and one count of anal rape over an eight-year period between 2006 and 2014. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe jury found Accused E guilty on both counts of anal rape. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe jury returned a guilty verdict on one count in relation to Accused F, but disagreed on the second count. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe jury convicted Accused C on all six counts against the main complainant. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtJurors returned guilty verdicts on the four counts in relation to the two sisters. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charges against Accused A and Accused G. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceA headline sentence of six years was justified before the judge imposed a sentence of four years. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe final six months of the sentence were suspended on strict conditions for two years, including engaging with the Probation Service for 12 months upon release. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe sentence was backdated to when Hayes first went into custody in August 2025. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe doctor at hospital felt the teenager's skin was too thin to allow for stitches. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe teenager still has some scarring on his hand. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHayes has 126 previous convictions, all from the District Court. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHayes claimed he had not used glass on the victim and suggested the glass fell out of the scooter. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHayes said he had just bought cannabis from a drug dealer who told him a pre-existing drug debt would be cleared if he got the scooter. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHayes started abusing drugs at 17, moving from tablets to cannabis to cocaine. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherNone of the parties can be named for legal reasons (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe jury deliberated for almost 51 hours over 14 days (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherIt was the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the State. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherFour men out of seven who went on trial were convicted of sexually abusing their deaf and vulnerable relative. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe main complainant is a woman in her thirties who is profoundly deaf. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe trial took place in courtroom 19 in the Criminal Courts of Justice before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe trial ran for nearly eight months before an extended jury panel. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe main complainant was questioned and cross-examined for three and a half months, giving evidence via video link. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe woman has a borderline learning disability with the reading level of a young child. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherShe has language deprivation when it comes to Irish Sign Language. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherShe required both a hearing ISL interpreter and a deaf relay/intralingual interpreter, as well as an intermediary. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe main complainant first disclosed the alleged abuse in 2017 after attending a sexual health promotion course. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 11 Jun2026
    Convictedirishmirror.ie, follow-up
    The longest criminal trial: How men were convicted for abusing deaf relative

    Reports the verdicts in Ireland's longest criminal trial, detailing the convictions of four men, the hung juries for two, and the discharge of a fifth, along with extensive background on the main complainant's vulnerabilities and the trial's logistical challenges.

    victim, femalevictim, femalevictim, femaleconvicted, 49, maleconvicted, 34, maleconvicted, 33, maleconvicted, 33, maleaccused, 55, maleaccused, 45, maleaccused, 34, male
  2. 11 Jun2026
    Convictedirishmirror.ie, its first report
    Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative after State's longest trial

    Reports the verdicts in the longest criminal trial in the State's history: four men convicted, jury deadlocked on three remaining counts, bench warrant issued for one convicted man who failed to appear, and sentence hearing set for next month.

    convicted, 35, maleconvicted, 48, maleconvicted, 33, maleconvicted, 33, maleaccused, 55, maleaccused, 46, maleaccused, 34, malevictim, femalevictim, femalevictim, female
  3. 10 Jun2026
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, its first report
    Man who stabbed 14-year-old’s hand with glass shard while trying to rob e-scooter jailed

    Sentencing details including the judge's comments, the defendant's 126 previous convictions, background on his drug addiction and family losses, and the specific sentence imposed with conditions.

    victim, 14, maleconvicted, Daniel Hayes, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Daniel Hayes
  4. 11 Aug2025
    In courtthejournal.ie, first report
    Man accused of stabbing 14-year-old boy with shard of glass to steal his e-scooter

    Bail hearing at Dublin District Court on 11 August 2025 where Judge Michael Ramsey remanded Hayes in custody pending DPP directions; details of the incident, CCTV evidence, and defence submissions provided.

    victim, 14, maleaccused, Daniel Hayes, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Daniel Hayes