Student critical with 80% burns after costume fire

A man remains in a critical condition after receiving 80% burns on his body after his Halloween costume caught fire in a nightclub in Galway City on Wednesday night.

The victim, named as medical student Matthew Sheridan, sustained serious burns in the incident at the Halo nightclub in Galway.

Mr Sheridan was taken to University College Hospital Galway and was later transferred to St James’s Hospital, Dublin, where he remained last night in a critical condition.