Gardaí arrest two over attack on pensioner

GARDAÍ investigating a serious assault on a pensioner, who was attacked as he made his way home from his local pub, have arrested and questioned two youths.

Eamon Horan, 75, was beaten, kicked and left bleeding on the ground in the incident that occurred as he left a pub in Tralee, Co Kerry, in the early hours of July 27.

The retired sports journalist had his jaw broken in two places, suffered a fractured nose and sustained other head, chest and facial injuries.