Ginger injured in bicycle fall

A WINTER weather accident has inflicted more wounds on former rugby hard man Gerry ‘Ginger’ McLoughlin than during his years of front row engagement for Ireland, Munster and Shannon.

Gerry, 59, now a Labour member of Limerick City Council, was last night at home nursing a litany of injuries after falling off his pedal bike on an icy patch of road.

His injuries include a broken arm, a broken rib, two gashes to his face which necessitated 16 stitches and various bumps and bruises.