A 40-year-old man who was found bruised and beaten on a roadside in Monaghan was being interviewed by gardaí last night.
The Belfast man was spotted by locals in Raconnell, which is around five miles from the Border.
He was taken to Cavan General Hospital for treatment.Meanwhile, a family of three escaped uninjured yesterday following a shotgun attack on their home in Co Down. Two shots were fired just after 2.30 a.m. smashing a downstairs window at the house in Stream Street, Kilkeel. The family - a man, woman and an infant - were not hurt. The PSNI said it was not believed to have been sectarian or racially motivated.
South Down MP Mr Eddie McGrady, said: "The fact that someone, or group of individuals, believe it to be acceptable to fire shots into a family home, where a mother was in the room minutes earlier feeding her young baby, is a sad reflection on our society and questions just how far have we come over the past few years.
"Anyone who has information about this attack must come forward. The clear motivation for coming forward with information to the police is not only that those responsible for this attack should not be allowed to roam free in our communities, but that today we could have been dealing with the death of a young mother and her baby," he said.