Cork holidaymakers attacked after final

22 September 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.