A man sustained around sixty stitches to his face after he was stabbed during a dispute between two families on Christmas Day, gardai said. The serious assault occurred in the town of Rathkeale, Co Limerick, around 8.30pm, on December 25, gardai confirmed today. A major policing plan was put into place in the town for the Christmas period involving armed garda patrols, the garda divisional drug unit, and divisional traffic unit. Sources said, despite the stabbing incident on Christmas Day, it was mostly peaceful in the town over the festive period. A number of minor drug seizures were made involving small amounts of “cocaine”, sources added.

Source: Evening echo January 05, 2019 15:33 UTC