""Last night, at nine o'clock on my way home with some food, crossing the traffic lights just outside my apartment, three lads pulled up in a car - and jumped out and attacked me and punched me to the ground.""
""I'm sure I'm fine, just I reckon I have a mild concussion, my head is thumping.""
""It's not good enough. It's not good enough to be set upon on the street where you live and end up on a Friday in f*****g A&E with a concussion. We can do better.""
The presenter, openly gay, recounted an attack he faced on his way home, the assault possibly fueled by his visibility as a TV personality. After being punched and kicked, he was aided by bystanders, but later required medical attention for a concussion. He expressed his frustrations about the safety of their community and called for improved measures to protect individuals from such attacks, labeling a need for a cultural shift in response to homophobic violence.
Read at Irish Independent
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