Gardaí appeal for help to find attacker in Maynooth assault

Gardaí are trying to identify everyone who travelled on the same bus as a college student subjected to a horrific attack as she walked to her digs in Maynooth last Sunday.

Kym Owens, aged 18, suffered horrific head injuries in a ferocious attack that has left her in a serious condition at the intensive care unit of Blanchardstown Hospital, where her parents are keeping vigil.

Investigating gardaí said it was “very possible” that her attacker had been on the same bus, but are not ruling out other possibilities.