Hero driver who intervened in a knife attack in Dublin to run for FF councilor

A Brazilian delivery driver hailed as a ‘hero’ after intervening in a knife attack that left several children injured has been ordered to stand as a candidate for Dublin City Council.

Caio Benicio, who has been hailed as a ‘hero’ by Senator Mary Fitzpatrick, announced on Sunday he would stand as Fianna Fail candidate for Dublin North Inner City.

Three children and a nursery worker were injured in the attack on Parnell Square East on November 23.

Speaking at the Fianna Fail 1916 commemoration on Arbor Hill, Mr Benicio said his priorities would be around road safety and immigration.

Almost €370,000 was raised for 43-year-old Benicio through GoFundMe, with the Brazilian native benefiting from the fund with a Christmas holiday back to Brazil, where his wife and two children still live.

Ahead of his trip to Brazil, Caio told the Irish Daily Mail that he had only booked a one-way ticket to his native country, but revealed his plans to return “in late January or early February.”

The father-of-two was passing Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire in Parnell Street, Dublin at lunchtime on November 23 when he saw an altercation which he initially thought was a fight between a man and a woman.

Benicio was one of three men, along with Alan LorenGuille and Warren Donohoe, who sprang into action to help disarm the attacker.