The incident happened in the Arden View estate in Tullmore on Wednesday.
Five people will appear in court this afternoon following an assault in Offaly.
A video of the incident is circulating on social media and shows a group of people, both women and men, armed with baseball bats, hockey sticks and a pitch fork assaulting a man who was also appeared to be carrying a weapon.
The incident happened in the Arden View estate in Tullmore on Wednesday last week.
On the video there are a large number of cars passing in the busy housing estate – sources have said the victim and his attackers were known to each other.
Gardai investigating the incident arrested three men and two women following the attack.
All five will appear before Portlaoise District Court this afternoon at approx.3pm.
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