Family of Limerick assault victim 'humbled' by countrywide support

Funeral Mass takes place for Dylan McCarthy, who sustained fatal injuries when attacked by several men at a pub in Monesterevin on August 21

Dylan McCarthy passed away following an assault in Kildare.

The mother of a Limerick man fatally assaulted in Kildare last weekend has told her son’s funeral Mass the family have been “humbled” by a wave of condolences sent to them “from all over Ireland”.

Dylan McCarthy, 29, from Kilmallock, Co Limerick, sustained fatal injuries when attacked by several men at a pub in Monesterevin on August 21.