Elderly Kilkenny women assaulted - man to appear in court

A man is due to appear in court today (Wednesday) in connection with two violent assaults which took place in Kilkenny City yesterday afternoon.

Two women, whom it is understood are not known to each other, were viciously assaulted at two separate locations in the Old Callan Road area of the city between 3pm and 4pm.

Garda received reports of the unprovoked attacks and a short time later arrested a male in his early twenties.He was arrested and detained and is due before Carlow District Court today.

Both women received medical treatment for their injuries at St Luke's Hospital. It is understood that one of the injured parties, a woman in her seventies, received multiple fractures during the assault.