Man who fought off Belfast knifeman with hurling stick named

Maitiu Mag Tighearnan is understood to have been visiting his partner when he came across the attack. Photograph: Social media

A man who used a hurling stick to fight off a knifeman in north Belfast has been named as Maitiu Mag Tighearnan.

Tighearnan, from Northern Ireland, was filmed hitting the assailant five times on the head with the wooden hurley as other people kicked and punched him on Kinnaird Avenue on Monday night.