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Emma McMenamy

Brave Alanna Quinn Idris considering career in modelling as she refuses to let horror attack ruin life

A teenager left blind in one eye after a savage street assault said she’s considering a career in modelling and refuses to let the attack ruin her life.

Alanna Quinn Idris, 18, suffered a ruptured eyeball, broken cheekbone and a shattered tooth in the attack on December 30, 2021, in Ballyfermot, Dublin. This week Darragh Lyons, 19, of Weir View, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, was sentenced to four and a half years for the “savage attack”.

Alanna criticised the sentence but revealed she is now considering a career on the catwalk once she gets her confidence back. She told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “I genuinely would love to...

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