DPP file over death

GARDAÍ are to forward a file to the DPP following the death of a man from injuries he sustained in an assault before Christmas.

Andrew Dolan, 20, from Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, on New Year’s Day after suffering serious head injuries when he was attacked outside a fast-food outlet in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, in the early hours of December 23.

Mr Dolan was knocked to the ground during the incident, which took place on Pearse St at about 2.40am. He failed to regain consciousness.