Family who fled war-torn Middle East want to return home as Limerick ‘too violent’

A family who fled the war-torn Middle East for a new life here want to return to their homeland after just 13 days in Limerick, because they believe it is too violent.

Details of a vicious and unprovoked attack on a “foreign national” boy were outlined at Limerick Circuit Court during the sentencing hearing of one of the accused yesterday. The defendant, aged 16 at the time, along with a co-accused, armed themselves with stolen hurleys before chasing the terrified victim and beating him unconscious.

The defendant cornered the victim, 16, who did not speak English, in a “dead end” and threw a rock at him, “levelling him”, said John O’Sullivan, SC, prosecuting.