Garda warning: Carrying knives can lead to catastrophe

“We would advise against anybody carrying a weapon,” Chief Supt McPolin said, adding that courts take a “very serious view of people carrying knives.
"Knives can cause catastrophic and life-scarring injuries.”
He added that a person carrying a knife can have their own knife used against them in confrontations and knives being carried in situations where drink and drugs are involved can be a “lethal combination”.
According to the Department of Justice, offensive weapons include flick-knives, knuckledusters, swordsticks, sword umbrellas, hand and foot claws, belt buckle knives, telescopic truncheons, and machetes.