Gardaí believe man killed by car rather than blow in row

GARDAÍ now believe a man found dead in the Wicklow village of Avoca died after being hit by a passing car and not from a blow he received during a row outside a pub.

Brian Doyle, 48, was found lying on the ground outside Fitzgerald’s pub with serious head injuries after 9pm on Sunday.

The single man had been involved in a row with another man outside the pub at 9pm, during which he was hit in the head.