Judge Paul McDermott noted that the “ferocious attack” on Fiona Timmermans had left the victim with facial scarring and robbed her of her sense of safety

An Coimisiún Pleanála’s (ACP) grant of permission for the project – seen as a key piece of infrastructure enabling house building and growth in the capital – had been the subject of judicial review proceedings brought by environmental group Wild Ireland Defence.

She was seriously injured in the alleged attack at a home in Clonshaugh on Saturday.

A man has been arrested in relation to a serious assault in Dublin in the early hours of this morning