Latest: Clare gardaí taking alleged assault on schoolboy 'very, very seriously'

Latest:Investigations are continuing after a 13-year-old schoolboy was left with head injuries after he was attacked in Ennistymon, Co Clare around lunchtime yesterday.

Update 2.38pm: Investigations are continuing after a 13-year-old schoolboy was left with head injuries after he was attacked in Ennistymon, Co Clare around lunchtime yesterday.

Inspector Paul Slattery from Kilrush Garda Station, who is leading the investigation, told Clare FM: “in such an event, where the teenager presented himself with the symptoms of vomiting, headaches and nausea, and an obvious head injury, we would always take these matters quite seriously.