Nearly €23,000 (£20,000 has been raised for a man who came to the aid of a north Belfast man who was attacked in a knife attack on Monday night.
The Gofundme fundraiser has been launched to buy a pint for Maitiu Mág Tighearnán, who has been named as the man who came to the rescue during the barbaric knife attack - by hitting the suspect with a hurl a number of times.
The fundraiser, which has been launched by Belfast man Niall Donnan, has already reached nearly £20,000 and says: "Maitie Mag Toghearnan has revealed himself as the man who confronted the attacker in Belfast last night.
"Faced with unimaginable violence, he chose courage over fear and grabbed a hurley stick to defend his fellow Irish man.
"I have set up this GoFundMe so the people of our land can show our support to Matt for his incredible bravery and courage. "100% of donations will be sent to Matt directly. Let’s buy him a pint!"
