Attack suspect back in custody

A man who gardaí suspect attacked an 89-year-old woman on her way home from Bingo in Limerick last Sunday night, was again in custody last night, the Irish Examiner has learned.

He had earlier been released without charge.

It has now emerged that the man, who is aged in his 20s, is now being held by gardaí in connection with another attack on an elderly man, in which the victim was mugged and cash taken from him.