Girl (5) stabbed outside Parnell Street school back in ICU after heath setback

A five-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a stabbing outside a school on Parnell Square last November is understood to have been readmitted to intensive care in recent days following a "setback". 

A GoFundMe page set up on her behalf confirmed the news this week. 

The young girl was one of three children attacked outside Coláiste Mhuire, Parnell Square in Dublin on November 23rd, and suffered the most serious injuries.

A boy and a girl who were also injured during the attack were discharged from hospital in November.

A care worker who was also stabbed during the attack spent over a week in intensive care in the Mater hospital. She was then moved to a high-dependency unit and, later, to a regular ward. However, she was discharged from the hospital shortly before Christmas.

The five-year-old girl was in a critical condition for weeks in Temple St Hospital after the attack. However, her condition had improved and she was moved to a ward in late December.

"We had a bit of a setback and are currently in the ICU once more," the organiser of the GoFundMe page said. 

"Bumps in the road, particularly this long one, are to be expected. Nevertheless we are still positive and hoping to get back on the ward. Fingers crossed," the fundraising page administrator said. 

So far, €76,485 has been raised for Barróg do Chailín Beag (A Hug For A Little Girl), the name of the fundraising page. The page has received over 3,700 donations.