One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others slightly injured as thousands of adrenaline-fuelled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona today in the first running of the bulls of this year’s San Fermin festival.

A young Irishman had a lucky escape at Spain’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona today, when he was injured by a bull, but not caught on its horns or gored.