Sentences will increase from today.
Moves by the Justice Minister to crack down on knife crime have been welcomed.
Offences such as possession of a knife with intent to injure and trespassing with a weapon will see their sentences increased from today.
Aontu Leader, Meath West TD, Peadar Toibin says recent figures show that something needed to be done:
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