Man seriously assaulted on St Patrick's Day was attacked on eighth anniversary of son’s killing

Man seriously assaulted on St Patrick's Day was attacked on eighth anniversary of son’s killing

William ‘Liam’ Higgins was beaten and stabbed and left ‘brain dead’ on the eighth anniversary of his son’s killing, his wife Sharon said.

Father beaten until brain dead on eighth anniversary of son's death by stabbing

A Limerick father was beaten and stabbed and left “brain dead” on the eighth anniversary of his son’s death by stabbing, his wife said.   William “Liam” Higgins, 55, originally from Rhebogue, suffered catastrophic head injuries in an assault at O’Dwyer’s Bridge, Athlunkard Street, on St Patrick’s Day, Tuesday. A man in his 20s is believed to have sustained minor stab wounds at the scene of the assault. Mr Higgins’s son Jamie Higgins (23) was sta…