Public meeting follows machete attack on woman in street

Gardaí are investigating a machete attack on a woman in a village in the west of Ireland that prompted a public meeting.

The 26-year old was travelling in a car when it was set upon by a crowd on Main St in Eyrecourt, Co Galway. The attack followed an earlier incident at the same location in which her brother was attacked.

A number of assailants were carrying weapons and caused damage to the vehicle before the victim was attacked by a man wielding a machete.