THE family of an Irishman who was left brain damaged after being assaulted in Australia last night expressed their relief after a second man was sentenced for the attack.

A FIFTH man has appeared in an Australian court charged over the assault of Corkman David Keohane in August 2008.

A man arrested in Darwin in connection with an attack on Cork man David Keohane will appear in court early tomorrow morning.

Police in Australia have arrested another man in connection with a serious attack on an Irishman in Sydney almost two years ago.

AUSTRALIAN detectives may travel to Ireland to interview a young Irish man who has woken from a seven-month coma after a brutal assault.