Search icon

News

25th Aug 2019

Man arrested following serious assault in Navan

Dave Hanratty

Garda cars rammed Cork

The victim remains in a critical condition.

UPDATE: Sunday 24 August, 9.30pm

The man arrested in connection with this incident has been released without charge.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The investigation is ongoing.

UPDATE ENDS

Gardaí have made an arrest in connection with an assault that took place in Navan in the early hours of Saturday morning, 24 August.

A 21-year-old man received serious injuries as a result of the incident on Watergate Street and was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

He was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where he remains in critical condition.

On Sunday morning, Gardaí arrested a 22-year-old man in relation to the assault.

He is currently being detained in Navan Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.