A Limerick taximan is recovering in hospital after being brutally assaulted

A Limerick taximan is recovering in hospital after being brutally
assaulted by a man and woman who dumped him on the side of
a country road late at night before making off in his taxi.Kieran
Canty, was said to be in a stable condition at the Mid-Western
Regional Hospital. He is being treated for injuries which include
two screwdriver stab wounds to the upper body.

Mr Canty, who lives in Caherdavin, was working in Limerick city
centre when he was flagged down by a man and woman at around
3am in O Connell Street. They asked to be taken to Croagh, about
13 miles from the city, on the N21. When they got to Adamswood,
Croagh, the pair began a frenzied assault on Mr Canty. They demanded
his takings and forced him from the taxi.

After leaving him on the side of the road, with serious injuries
and bleeding heavily the two drove off in his navy coloured
Mercedes. Mr Canty, who served on the Limerick Taxi Association
committee for anumber of years, raised the alarm after struggling
to a house nearby.