MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH CITY ASSAULT

Date Published: 27-Aug-2009

A man has been arrested in relation to an assault in the city centre overnightA man in his 20s was walking alone on Market street just after midnight (early hours of thurs aug 27) when he was attacked.It's understood he was hit on the head with a small iron bar a number of times, and had to be rushed to hospital A number of stitches had to be applied and he was later discharged from University Hospital GalwayA man has been arrested in the Briarhill area in connection with the incidentHe's being held at Mill Street station under section 3 of the Non-fatal Offences Against the Person Act