Man charged with assault over fatal stabbing of teen

A MAN was charged yesterday in relation to a stabbing incident in which a 19-year-old was fatally injured.

The victim, Daniel O’Neill, of Clontusket, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, died while being transferred to a hospital in Dublin.

Yesterday evening, Christopher McLoughlin, aged 19, from Curragh Park, Ballinasloe, was charged with assault causing harm to Mr O’Neill under section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Persons Act.