Attack on cyclist - Dublin

A shocking story for cyclists to hear:
On a busy Dublin street at 6pm today I saw a group of young boys aged about 10-15 years old walking on the footpath carrying silver poles like old style car aerials. All of a sudden I saw a commotion on the street behind the group of boys which they were looking back laughing at.
One of them had thrust the pole into the wheel of a passing cyclist and caused him to be thrown from the bike, sprawled on the footpath.

I immediately ran across the road, passed the group of boys - without looking at them and into the nearby Garda station. Luckily there was a Guard on duty at the desk and with great credit to him, upon the briefest of explanations of the situation from me, he immediately vaulted the desk and we ran out across the road and he apprehended the youth I identified.

I returned to the site of the incident - hoping to see the cyclist still there but he was no longer there. Hopefully he was uninjured and his bike was okay. I managed to recover the bend metal pole the youth had thrust into his wheel.

If anyone knows the injured cyclist, please PM me or tell him to contact 'that' Garda station as the cretin responsible has been identified by the Guards and there is some hope that he might get recompensation.