Man loses finger in attack with machetes at funeral

AN Ennis man lost a finger after being set upon by men with machetes while he was attending a funeral on Saturday afternoon, a senior garda told a court yesterday.

Addressing a special sitting of Ennis District Court on the alleged daylight assault on Jim McDonagh, Insp Tom Kennedy said the assault “was a deliberate attack and one that was planned and premeditated where the men travelled to the local cemetery armed with machetes”.

Insp Kennedy said that Mr McDonagh had his little finger on his left hand severed during the course of the attack by five other men while he attended a funeral at Drumcliffe cemetery in Ennis on Saturday afternoon.