MAN HOSPITALISED IN DUBLIN AFTER ROSSAVEAL ASSAULT

Date Published: 03-Feb-2013

ONE man has been removed to hospital in Dublin with serious head injuries following an assault at Rossaveal Pier in the early hours of today.

The incident is alleged to have happened at approximately 4 am,

Several residents in this area of Connemara say as many as 200 cars, mostly boy racers were speeding around roads there during the past two nights.

One resident said he watched "droves of cars - approximately 200" speeding through Spiddal at 3 am this morning and he said local residents couldn't sleep with the noise created by the speeding cars.

It is reported that the man who was injured in the assault at Rossaveal Pier is a local but Gardai could not confirm this up to lunchtime today.

The man has been taken to Beaumont Hospital for treatment to serious head injuries.

Gardai in Salthill are investigating the incident.