Listeners Angry About Where Parnell Sq. Attacker Will Serve Jail Sentence

A listener message from Niamh sparks a heated debate on Opinions Matter: should Riad Bouchaker — convicted over the Parnell Square knife attack on three children and the stabbing of Leanne Flynn — serve his sentence in an Irish prison… or be deported to Algeria so the taxpayer isn’t funding him?

Adrian and Jeremy ask the blunt question: why should we pay over €100k a year to house, feed and protect him — and is an Irish jail “too cushy”?

Callers clash over justice, citizenship, prison conditions, victim impact, and the fear that if he’s sent abroad, he could end up released and back again.

Plus, the first round of listener shout-outs from Ireland and around the world.