Gardaí question pair in assault death inquiry

GARDAÍ have questioned two people after a 60-year-old man died following an alleged assault in Longford.

Noel Keegan, a retired member of the Defence Forces, was assaulted at the town’s Park Road, a short distance from his home, shortly after 9.45pm on New Year’s Eve. He was treated at the scene for his injuries but was pronounced dead a short time later.

Shortly afterwards gardaí arrested a man and a woman, both in their 20s, and took them to Longford Garda Station for questioning.