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Galway couple attacked by ‘drunk’ teens traumatised over ‘remorseless’ assault

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Galway couple attacked by ‘drunk’ teens traumatised over ‘remorseless’ assault

A Galway couple who were attacked in broad daylight have described the harrowing ordeal in detail as they recount how they were leapt upon by a trio of ‘drunk’ teens.

26-year-old Galway man Tadgh Wagstaff had been walking home from work with his partner Francesca when the pair were suddenly set upon by a trio of teenagers in an attack that saw him punched repeatedly in the head and shoved to the ground.




According to Tadgh, the couple were walking along Rockbarton Road in Salthill at around 5:30pm when they noticed a commotion outside a house. There appeared to be a large crowd of teenagers filing outside the house ‘extremely drunk, smashing bottles and shouting’.

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Tadgh told Galway Beo that he and his partner tried to avoid the crowd and be on their way, but before they knew it a group of boys from the house had jumped in front of his partner Francesca and became aggressive.

He recounted: “I had been about 20 paces behind and suddenly one of the young men tried to grab her, so I started to run and try and pull him back.”

However as he set to do so, Tadgh felt a blow to his head from behind and one of the boys began to punch him to the ground.

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