Man assaulted on his doorstep

A man returning home from work to his home in Coralstown, Kinnegad on May 14 was assaulted on his doorstep by two males wielding a knife and a hatchet.The confrontation took place at 11.45pm when the home owner, who is in his fifties, opened his front door and was approached by the two men who spoke with Dublin accents.The home owner confronted both men and was injured as a result and had to be taken to the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar.Gardaí say the investigation into the incident is ongoing as it is unclear whether the men intended to simply break into the man"s house, or to actually harm the fifty-year-old.