'Extremely grateful he's still here', say family of homophobic assault victim

Pictures: Evan Somers @ebintosh/ Twitter

The family of homophobic assault victim Evan Somers say they are grateful he survived the attack.

The 23-year-old Dubliner suffered a fractured eye socket, two fractures to his ankle, a dislocation of the ankle and other injuries when he was assaulted on Dame Street in Dublin in the early hours of Sunday morning.