Golfer’s leg broken by quad bikers

A golfer’s leg was broken in four places by children who drove a speeding quad across the fourth fairway of Rathbane Golf Club, hitting the woman and narrowly missing her two playing partners.

The victim needs plastic surgery to repair a 4in hole above her ankle. The incident has been linked by local politicians, and the golf club’s lady captain, to a campaign of intimidation, which has escalated since May 2.

Trish Costello, the lady captain, wrote to Limerick Council, which owns the public course, pleading for protection from a local gang.