Gardaí investigate ‘happy slapping’ attack

GARDAÍ in Tipperary are investigating one of the first instances in the country of a ‘happy slapping’ attack amid reports that up to 12 young people assaulted an 18-year-old man over the weekend and recorded it on their phones.

The man, who has just returned home from England with his family, was set upon at around 1am on Sunday morning after he left a nightclub in Nenagh.

A number of members of a group, which is believed to have included at least one girl, attacked the man. He received kicks and punches to the head and body while other members of the group used their mobile phone to video the attack.