Alanna Quinn Idris was left with severe facial injuries -including a ruptured eyeball, broken bones to her cheek and eye socket as well as broken teeth -during the attack in Ballyfermot on December 30th. The 17-year-old has been told that there is 90 percent chance she will lose sight in her right eye. This morning on the show Shane spoke to Alanna’s mother Jamie.
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