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Victim interview about the July 19 attack, published 25 August 2023. It describes his injuries, recovery and fundraiser, and his criticism of policing. It gives no arrests, charges or court dates.

Victim's first interview about the July 19 Talbot Street attack. Adds his account of injuries, recovery and views on Garda resources. No arrests, charges or court outcome are reported in this article.

Adds that Mr Termini has started speaking after coming out of a coma and is making slow progress, and that three teenagers aged 14, 15 and 16 have appeared in court in Dublin charged over the assault.

Adds that a second and third arrest were made, both teenage boys detained at a North Dublin garda station, and that the victim remains in a serious condition in Beaumont Hospital. Reports the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 as the basis of the arrest.

Adds that three teenage boys aged 14, 15 and 16 face charges, that the victim is no longer in a coma, and that his sons visited the attack location.

Victim has woken from his coma. Two teenage boys were arrested this week, and the 14-year-old charged earlier was remanded on bail after a special court sitting.

Reports that Stephen Termini has come out of a coma and that the GoFundMe had raised €116,000. Confirms three teenage boys face charges and were remanded on bail pending DPP directions on Thursday. Says he remains in Beaumont Hospital with an eye injury.

Follow-up: three teenage boys aged 14, 15 and 16 face charges in connection with the attack. Sons Mike and Jesse Rizzuto give a health update: Termini is no longer in a coma, is improving slowly, and a GoFundMe has raised almost $130,000.

Adds that three boys aged 14, 15 and 16 have been charged with assault causing harm, granted bail with conditions, and will return to court on October 5th; the article also confirms the victim's age and origin and the incident location at Store Street and Talbot Street.

Adds that three teenage boys have been charged at the Children's Court, that Mr Termini remains in an induced coma in Beaumont Hospital, and that the family fear he may lose an eye.

Adds that the accused is a 14-year-old boy charged under section three of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, remanded on continuing bail pending DPP directions, to return to Children's Court on October 5th, and that two other juveniles were arrested.

Adds that a 14-year-old boy was charged and arrested at the weekend, that he appeared at the Dublin Children's Court with his father, and that he was remanded on continuing bail to 5 October. It gives the victim's hospital status and the charge wording, and says two other male juveniles were arrested.

Adds that a third boy has been arrested and detained at a North Dublin Garda Station, and that a 14-year-old boy was charged after appearing in the Children's Court on Sunday.

Adds that the victim remains in a coma in Beaumont Hospital, that his sons are travelling to Ireland, and that a 14-year-old teen is accused of the assault and due before the court.

Adds that the victim remains in a coma at Beaumont Hospital, that his sons are flying to Ireland, that a 14-year-old is accused and due at a next court appearance, and that the victim's family criticised the Minister for Justice's comments on Dublin safety.

Adds that Termini remains in a coma, that his sons are flying to Dublin, and that a 14-year-old is accused of the assault and due at a court appearance.

Adds that a 14-year-old boy was charged with Section Three assault causing harm and appeared before the Children's Court. Adds the victim's family reaction, his son's account of his condition, and that gardaí have identified several suspects from CCTV.

Adds that a male juvenile was charged and appeared before a special sitting of the Children's Court, and that Mr Termini remains in intensive care at Beaumont Hospital.

Adds that a male juvenile was arrested and detained at a North Dublin Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, that the victim is 57, and that his family fear he may lose an eye.

Reports that a male juvenile has been arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a North Dublin Garda Station. Gives the victim's condition as in a coma and possibly losing an eye, and says he was visiting Ireland to trace his Irish roots.

Son Michael Rizzuto launches a GoFundMe and describes his father's coma, critical condition and possible loss of an eye. No arrests are mentioned in this article.

Adds that the victim is in a coma and critical condition, that it is feared he could lose an eye, and that his son has launched a GoFundMe to cover bills. Gives the attack location as Store Street, yards from his accommodation on Talbot Street.

Adds that the victim is being treated in intensive care at Beaumont Hospital, that the attack was described as unprovoked and not pre-meditated, that gardaí have identified at least one of three attackers, and that no arrests have been made.

Follow-up on the attack: quotes from Talbot Street business owners about antisocial behaviour, policing and Garda resources. The article does not give an arrest or charge. It also mentions an earlier assault outside the Abbey Theatre, which is not part of this case.

Adds that the victim is in Beaumont Hospital in critical but stable condition and gardaí fear irreparable eye damage, that the group included three girls and six teenagers in total, that the three boys are believed to be under 18, that one teenager checked on the victim before the group fled, and that the victim is a regular visitor staying at a guesthouse on Talbot Street. Adds the Justice Minister's response and a CCTV and public appeal.

Garda press release appealing for witnesses to a serious assault on Talbot Street. Adds that the victim was taken to Beaumont Hospital in serious but stable condition, that no arrests had been made, and that the appeal covers video footage. Names no one.

Garda press release announcing a third arrest in the Talbot Street serious assault. A male juvenile is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. The release does not name anyone or give further details of the assault.

Garda press release announcing a second arrest in the Talbot Street assault of 19 July 2023. It gives no names, ages or nationality, and the arrest is described as the second in the case.

Garda press release confirming an arrest of a male juvenile for a serious assault on Talbot Street, Dublin City, on 19 July 2023, with the suspect detained at a North Dublin Garda Station. It gives no victim details and no time, and gardaí had no further comment.

Official garda.ie notice that a male juvenile has been charged with a non-fatal offence against the person and will appear before the Children's District Court on 27 July 2023. It does not name the suspect or give the victim's details, but matches the Talbot Street assault of 19 July 2023.

Garda press release confirming that a second male juvenile was arrested, charged and appeared in the Children's District Court on 27 July 2023. It does not name him or give his age, and it does not mention the first juvenile arrested.