Sports stars give statements on attack

TWO high-profile sports stars, who represent Ireland at international level, have given statements to gardaí investigating a late-night street assault that has left a man fighting for his life.

The two, along with a third man, walked into Pearse Street garda station last Monday to tell investigating gardaí what they knew of the assault on 35-year-old Barry Duggan. Mr Duggan was beaten up after falling from his bike in Dublin’s Grafton Street on Sunday.

He remains in a coma in intensive care in St James’s Hospital following the assault. The Sligo native was returning home to Rathmines at the time of the attack.