Teen charged with assault of Irishman

A YOUTH has appeared in an Australian court charged with seriously assaulting an Irish tourist, who is in a stable but “unresponsive” condition in hospital.

Daniel Byrne, aged 18, from the Franklin suburb of the country’s capital, Canberra, was arrested yesterday after the incident at 5.30am local time on Sunday (8.30pm Irish time on Saturday).

During an initial magistrates’ court hearing, his lawyers — who have not applied for bail — heard he is accused of intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm on Tim McCarthy, aged 41, from Spa in Killarney, Co Kerry.