Family vigil for Sydney attack victim Jason Cierans

The family of Jason Cierans, who was seriously injured in an assault in Australia, were last night continuing their vigil at the hospital where he remained in a coma.

Declan and Stephanie Cierans face an anxious wait to see how well Jason, 29, responds to the emergency surgery he underwent after paramedics whisked him from the scene of the attack at Bondi Junction in Sydney early last Saturday morning.

Jason, originally from Gurranabraher in Cork City, was attacked after leaving a pub where he had enjoyed a night out with friends at the end of the working week.