Tuam man charged with two counts of assault
Footage of the attack was widely circulated on social media
A Tuam man has been charged with two counts of assault causing harm on Shop Street in the town last Friday.
Garda Aidan McTighe charged John Paul Ward of Parkview, Tuam, with two counts of Section 3 of the Non-fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 at Ballaghaderreen District Court on Tuesday.
The charges relate to an alleged incident of violent disorder which took place at around 9.20pm last Friday.
Three men aged in their thirties and forties were brought to University Hospital Galway for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries following the incident.
Footage of the attack was widely circulated on social media.
Gardaí appealed to anyone who may have been in the Shop Street area between 9pm and 9.30pm to come forward if they have dash-cam or mobile phone recordings