The incident occurred on Thursday, but the man succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon.
Gardaí from Ballymahon in Longford attended a serious assault incident which occurred outside a licenced premises in Foigha in Longford on the evening of Thursday 1 August, at approximately 5.30pm.
A male (50s) was taken to the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar with serious injuries and was pronounced dead this afternoon, Sunday 4 August.
Shortly after the incident on Thursday 1 August, a male in his 30s was arrested in connection with this incident and detained at Longford Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 – Criminal Justice Act 1984.
He appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate St in Dublin 8 yesterday, Saturday 3 August.
A postmortem examination will be carried out tomorrow (Monday 5 August) and the local coroner has been notified.
Investigations are continuing.
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