A Belfast father who used a hurling stick to help stop a knife attack in north Belfast has been widely praised after intervening during an assault that left a man seriously injured.
Matt McKiernan, a 32-year-old removals company owner from west Belfast, stepped in alongside other bystanders to help disarm and restrain the suspect after witnessing the attack on Kinnaird Avenue on Monday night. McKiernan, whose name is also spelt Maitiú Mág Tighearnán in Irish, had just returned from hurling practice with his son when he encountered the incident by chance while driving with a friend.
