Cork holidaymakers attacked after final

September 22, 2009
A family from Cork were the victims of an unprovoked attack by a group of young drunken Dubliners while holidaying in the Costa del Sol last weekend. The family believe they were attacked because one of them was wearing a Cork jersey. The attack took place after the All-Ireland football final on Sunday evening. Speaking from the family home in Farranree yesterday, Caroline O'Connor said it was a disgrace that Irish people would attack other Irish people abroad. "I think they were just using the Cork jersey as an excuse and were looking for a fight," she told the Irish Examiner. Ms O'Connor said her family members were scratched, punched and dragged on to the ground and were then kicked about the head by a gang of up to 10 men and women. They did not require hospital treatment, but were badly shaken by the episode.

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