Petrol attack victim stable

A SENIOR health board official, who was doused in petrol and set alight, remained in a critical but stable condition in Cork University Hospital last night.

Tom Hourigan, senior manager of mental health services with the Mid-Western Health Board, is recovering from burns to his face and hands following an horrific attack outside his home in Limerick last Thursday night.

The 51-year-old was getting out of his car at his home in Meadowvale, Raheen, at 9.15pm when a masked man threw petrol at him and then set it alight.