Man suffers fractured skull in assault

A 35-YEAR-OLD man remains in hospital with a fractured skull after friendly banter over rival soccer teams turned sour in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Sean Holden from Co Kilkenny was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital after he was kicked in the head in a brawl directly opposite the main garda station in Waterford city centre.

The separated man was improving yesterday afternoon and his condition downgraded from critical to stable. But he remained in intensive care at the hospital.