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Police in Australia say they are still searching for a third suspect in connection with an assault on a young Irishman in Sydney last year.

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THE sister of a 23-year-old Irishman, who is fighting for his life in an Australian hospital, broke down yesterday as she made an emotional appeal for help in finding his four attackers.

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