TD’s son hit over head with bottle three times, court told

A FIANNA Fáil TD’s son was hit three times with a bottle after he went to help his father during incidents near a pub more than two years ago, Clonmel Circuit Court heard yesterday.

The trial of South Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath heard a statement given by his son, Edmund, to gardaí in August of 2006, in which he said he left the pub in the village of Newcastle, to find a group of youths standing in front of a car in which his father was sitting.

Some of the group near the car had earlier shouted abuse such as “look at all those c**ts down there” and “look at all the hard men” at Edmund McGrath and some friends who were sitting outside the local pub, according to the statement.