Man abducted and left for dead

GARDAÍ are searching for a vicious gang who abducted a 22-year-old man and broke his arm and leg after beating him with concrete blocks and irons bars.

Alan Kelleher, was tied to a telegraph pole in a field on the outskirts of Cork City where he was repeatedly beaten by a gang of up to five men.

Gardaí said there was no obvious motive for the attack at this early stage. Mr Kelleher, who is known to gardaí, is from Farranree on the northside of the city.