Boston bar owner ‘failed to help’ hurt UCC student

A Boston bar owner has appeared in court charged with failing to help a University College Cork student who suffered life-threatening head injuries in a suspected fall at his premises.

Boston bar owner ‘failed to help’ hurt UCC student

The student, named by US media as Dylan Fitzgibbon, attended court yesterday wearing a black helmet needed to help his ongoing recovery from the incident.

The young Irishman was found clinging to life on a street in Boston on May 23. Initially police thought he had been the victim of a serious assault. However, as they investigated, it became clear the injuries may have been sustained in a fall down the stairs at the nearby ‘Roggie’s Sports Bar’.

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