Victim of fatal Limerick assault named locally

Paramedics tended to the man outside a property in Garryowen, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.

The Scene of the Fatal Assault at Sarsfield Ave, Garryowen. Picture Brendan Gleeson

A man in his 40s has died after a fatal assault in Limerick in the early hours of Saturday morning.

At around 4.45am, gardaí were called to an incident at a property on Sarsfield Avenue in Garryowen.