Brazilian may have been victim of racist attack

GARDAÍ are keeping an open mind on whether a Brazilian, who was viciously beaten by three men, was the victim of a racially motivated attack.

The meat plant worker was attacked and even had his shoes stolen while walking home from a night out with friends and colleagues in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

As he walked towards his home at Mulberry he noticed three men behind him and tried to run. But the men caught up with him at Church Hill, near the Catholic church.