Publican forced at gunpoint to burn out own car

A CO Limerick publican was last night recovering from a horror attack in which he was forced at gunpoint to torch his €60,000 2008 Audi coupe after he was abducted from his home in Abbeyfeale.

Stephen Geoghegan, who runs the Cellar Bar in Abbeyfeale, suffered burns in the attack and was taken to Tralee General Hospital.

He was transferred to a specialist burns unit at University Hospital Cork, where he was treated for burns to the face and neck before being released.