{"id":361248,"date":"2026-03-23T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/361248\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:10:08","slug":"appeal-for-information-after-woman-left-critical-in-tipperary-assault-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/361248\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for information after woman left critical in Tipperary assault \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed<\/a> are looking to question a number of men and women in connection with an assault in Co Tipperary<\/a> that left a young woman in a critical condition in hospital.<\/p>\n

Scarlett Faulkner, a mother of one in her 20s, suffered serious head injuries when she was attacked at a roadside outside Birdhill village at about 5.30pm on Saturday. <\/p>\n

She remains critically ill at Cork University Hospital, having been airlifted from the scene to University Hospital Limerick before being transferred.<\/p>\n

Video footage shared across social media of the attack shows a number of men and women armed with what appear to be a hatchet and a sword attacking two women, including Faulkner, who is a member of a family from the Traveller community from Limerick<\/a> city.<\/p>\n

Limerick Fianna F\u00e1il TD Niall Collins<\/a> said the entire country was shocked by the vicious nature of the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s truly concerning and people are asking the question, what happened here,\u201d Collins told RT\u00c9 News. \u201cHow could such a brutal incident happen on a public road in the middle of the day?\u201d <\/p>\n

Collins called the incident \u201ctruly shocking\u201d and appealed \u201cto anybody who has information to please contact the garda\u00ed\u201d.<\/p>\n

Members of Faulkner\u2019s family have posted on social media asking for prayers that she recovers. <\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed closed off the R494 road at Birdhill and conducted a forensic examination of the scene on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Officers were working on several theories as to the background of the assault, including that the woman may have been travelling in a car that was rammed by a group in another vehicle and dragged from the vehicle and attacked at the side of the road.<\/p>\n

\"GardaíGarda\u00ed closed off the R494 roadway at Birdhill and conducted a forensic examination of the scene <\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed said they were continuing to investigate the assault on Faulkner. <\/p>\n

The investigation team is specifically interested in hearing from anyone who saw or has information about two vehicles that garda\u00ed believe were used by those involved in the assault.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn particular, garda\u00ed are seeking information on the movements of two vehicles, a grey 162 Ford Transit van and a blue 161 Volkswagen Touran people carrier, travelling in convoy or driving dangerously between 4.30pm and 5.30pm on Saturday 21st March 2026 in and around Birdhill village, the townlands of Cooleen, Crag Cross, Shower Cross, Kylebeg, Annaholty and Thornhill, all in Co Tipperary,\u201d said a Garda spokeswoman. <\/p>\n

\u201cGarda\u00ed are aware of video footage of the incident circulating online and ask members of the public not to share it on social media platforms or messaging apps, but instead to provide it to investigating garda\u00ed,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Nenagh Garda station on (067) 50450, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are looking to question a number of men and women in connection with an assault in Co…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1346,61,60,1396,43,64474,9123],"class_list":["post-361248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-news","tag-niall-collins","tag-tipperary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}