The mother of the 5 year old girl who was stabbed outside her school on Parnell Square last week has said her little girl has “shown incredible strength and [is] still here with us”.
In a message left on a gofundme page (verified by GFM) which is being run on behalf of the family of the little girl by Roisín Fitzgerald, the child’s mother purportedly said, “Dear all, thank you so much for the incredible gesture and kindness you have shown our family during these troubled times.”The mother, who is understood to have moved to Ireland from overseas said, “Your thoughts, prayers and generosity have and will go a long way.”
“Our little girl has shown incredible strength and [is] still here with us.”
“We don’t know yet what lies ahead as it is still early, but she is resilient and limitations will not stop her. Thank you so much. All the love we can give.” The woman who uses the initials ‘J A’ said.
Of the three children stabbed in the incident which took place on the 23rd of November 2023, the 5 year old girl was the most gravely injured.
The other two children who received knife wounds have been discharged from hospital while careworker Leanne Flynn Keogh – who was seriously injured in the attack – was recently discharged from the ICU.