A nurse who received life- threatening burns at a garden party to celebrate a child’s Confirmation has pleaded with people to be vigilant with barbecues.

A CO Limerick publican was last night recovering from a horror attack in which he was forced at gunpoint to torch his €60,000 2008 Audi coupe after he was abducted from his home in Abbeyfeale.

Preparations have been made at a London hospital for the arrival of Co Cork woman Sylvia O'Leary, who is due to be flown over from Ireland for a life saving operation later today.