Last Sunday, two young women were beaten after receiving a tirade of homophobic abuse by two unidentified men.

The Irish Independent reports that the two women, Roisin Prendergast (20) and her girlfriend Ciara Murphy (17), were left bleeding and in shock after being subjected to horrific physical violence at the hands of two men in their 20s.

At approximately 2am, the young couple left their apartment to get food when the two men began “firing homophobic slurs” at them.

“We had literally left our apartment only minutes before when these two grown men started shouting abuse at us about being lesbians,” Prendergast said.

“Initially we shouted back as we are used to this kind of abuse – but then they walked back towards us and started shoving us roughly.”

The young women said they were “well-dressed, as if coming back from a night out”.

“Suddenly, the men pushed us to the ground. They were stepping on our chests, they kneed and kicked us,” Murphy said.

The men left after the attack, but one returned 10 minutes later, “which was the worst part” of the assault, according to Prendergast.

Murphy was left unconscious and Prendergast in shock, until two passersby came to their rescue, immediately contacting the authorities.

Though the Gardaí has been investigating, they said CCTV footage of the attack is too blurry for an identification.

Though there seems to be one positive in all of this, the support the two girls have received. “So far we have no information as to who the two men are. But we have been inundated with messages of support,” said Prendergast.