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‘Shock’ as elderly man hit by torch at Corofin protest by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
AN ELDERLY Corofin man who sustained facial injuries at a demonstration in North Clare is to undergo an operation. Misinformation that circulated online over the housing of asylum seekers or refugees in the townland of Scool between Corofin and Dysart led to the staging of a protest on Sunday evening where the man in his seventies suffered the injury. Well-known within the community of Corofin, the man tried to gain access to the road leading to the five-bedroom property that was reported to be welcoming up to 20 asylum seekers, when
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he was stopped by men he didn’t recognise and subsequently hit with a torch. Local sources have described the incident as “shocking” where after sustaining injuries to his face and eye, the man requested an ambulance which transported him to University Hospital Limerick (UHL). He was released from hospital on Monday but is to undergo an operation today (Thursday), a close friend has confirmed to The Clare Echo.
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l Children present at a counter-protest in Scool, a location which locals believed was going to be used to house asylum seekers or refugees
photo by John Mangan