Gardaí probe vicious attack

GARDAÍ are investigating if a biker gang is behind a gun attack in which a 30-year-old man was shot and badly beaten at his home.

The victim told gardaí that a gang of six men broke into his cottage at Rathduffmore, on the Carlow-Wicklow border, on Wednesday night.

The house was protected by two Rottweillers and one Staffordshire Bull terrier. It is not clear if they were locked up at the time.