I am definitely more paranoid and aware of my surroundings,” he said of going on a night out in Dublin.
'I’d be quicker to look over my shoulder now. 'I’m not sure I’ll get back to what I was doing before,” he said of his physical injuries following the assault on April 10, including an eye injury after he was punched in the face.īut he said the psychological impact of the attack continues to haunt him. Wearing a Controlled Ankle Motion or CAM boot on his ankle that was shattered when he was savagely attacked while on Dublin’s Dame Street after a night out at a local gay bar, he revealed that his now has plates and pins in his ankle and may never be able to play sports again. A gay rugby player who may never be able to return to playing sports following an unprovoked homophobic attack last month said the levels of homophobia in Ireland are akin to living in the Middle Ages.Įvan Somers, (23) appeared on the last ever episode of RTE One’s ‘Claire Byrne Live’ programme last night to describe his ordeal and his ever-present fear of being attacked again because he is gay.
