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According to reports in the Evening Herald - as quoted on the Radiowaves forum (and as mentioned on the Ray Foley show today on Today FM) and on Boards.ie, RTÉ 2FM daytime DJ/presenter Nikki Hayes was physically attacked by a known stalker in a club where she was doing a gig in, in Temple Bar, Dublin, over the weekend. There’s a lot of banter about it on her Bebo page too (although I can’t see it as I unsubscribed from Bebo)…

Apparently, the stalker approached her, asked her “are you that c**t off the radio?”, and when she replied that she was, he proceeded to head-but her, knocking her to the ground, threw a friend of hers across the room and continued to hit and kick her when she was on the ground. According to reports, she was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

By all accounts, this is an incredible, disgusting and vicious unsolicited assault. It’s shocking the way things seem to be going in society these days, and what some thugs try to get away with (often succeeding, sadly). Are the country’s entertainers not safe? I mean, seriously - if you don’t like somebody’s radio show, you don’t actually hunt them down and deliver a beating to them! - You just change your listening habits! Switch stations until you find something you DO like! (Otherwise Gerry Ryan would spend half his life in Intensive Care… KIDDING!!!)

Anyway, I hope Nikki recovers fully and manages to put this horrible incident out of her mind - and I hope her attacker gets everything he deserves.