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.

A packed running of the bulls swollen by weekend crowds at the San Fermin festival has left three people with minor injuries but no one was gored.

A man has been gored to death during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, the first such fatality since 1995, Spanish National Television said today.

FOUR people were slightly injured yesterday in the second day of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, including a Spaniard poked in the buttocks by a charging beast.