Athlone

Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances of a fatal assault of a man that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, , in Athlone.

An incident room has been established at Athlone Garda Station under the direction of a Senior Investigating Officer. The office of the State Pathologist have been notified and a post-mortem examination will be arranged. Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances of a fatal assault of a man that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, , in Athlone.

Assault happened during early morning public-order incident on Church Street.

Detectives are seeking to identify the owners of vehicles parked in the area and drivers who drove through Church Street between 2.15am and 3am, and who may have witnessed the incident. When gardaí arrived, a man in his 40s was found with serious injuries. Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses or anyone who may have video footage or dash-cam footage to come forward and make this available to the investigation team.

A garda investigation is underway following the fatal assault on a man in Westmeath this morning. Following reports of a public order incident, the victim, ...

An incident room has been established at Athlone Garda Station under the direction of a Senior Investigating Officer. The scene at Church Street in Athlone is currently preserved pending technical examination by members of the Garda Technical Bureau. Following reports of a public order incident, the victim, a man in his 40s, was found with serious head injuries at Church Street in Athlone at approximately 2.35 am.

Gardaí are investigating the fatal assault of a man in County Westmeath early this morning.

The Gardaí have asked that any person who may have video footage of this incident, including mobile phone or dash cam footage, and were travelling in the Church Street area between 2am and 2:45am make this footage available to an Garda Síochána. Gardaí are investigating the fatal assault of a man in County Westmeath early this morning. Man killed in fatal assault in Athlone

GARDAI have launched an investigation after a man died following an assault during a stag party in Athlone overnight.

“Following a public order incident a man, aged in his 40s, was discovered with serious injuries at Church Street, Athlone, at approximately 2:35am. ‘Following a public order incident a man, aged in his 40s, was discovered with serious injuries at Church Street, Athlone, at approximately 2:35am’ The man who is aged in his 40s and from Edenderry, Co. Offaly, is understood to have travelled to Athlone to attend a stag party of a pal last night and suffered fatal injuries following an assault on Church Street around 2.35am.

An investigation is under way after a man died following an assault in Athlone, Co Westmeath, in the early hours of this morning.

Anyone who may have assisted the victim is also asked to contact gardaí, who are also seeking to identify the owners of vehicles parked in the area and anyone who drove through Church Street between 2.15am and 3am. They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have been at the nearby taxi rank waiting area between 2.15am and 3am. They have been taken to Athlone garda station for questioning.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a Garda investigation into the fatal assault of a man in Athlone.

A man in his 40s died following an incident at a taxi rank in Church Street in the early hours of this morning. The man was discovered with serious injuries just after 2.30am this morning in the Church Street area of Athlone. Two men have been arrested in connection with a Garda investigation into the fatal assault of a man in Athlone.

This is the last picture taken of a stag party reveller shortly before he died following a vicious street assault.

Paul was from a very popular and well respected family in Edenderry. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today.” He was always trying to help me. “It was unbelievable waking up to the news. “I was only talking to him yesterday evening and he was looking forward to going away for the night. The court heard he had previous convictions for assault and public order offences. A witness recorded a video of the incident which circulated on social media last night.

The men, one aged in his 30s and the other in his late teens, are currently being detained at Athlone Garda Station.

The men, one aged in his 30s and one in his late teens, are currently being detained at Athlone Garda Station. The men, one aged in his 30s and the other in his late teens, are currently being detained at Athlone Garda Station. The man died following the incident at a taxi-rank in Church Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Paul 'Babs' Connolly, from Edenderry, Co Offaly, who was in Athlone on a stag party, was found with serious injuries on Church Street in the early hours of ...

Gardaí say they are aware that images of the incident are being shared across social media and messaging apps and have appealed to people not to share the material, which they said is disrespectful and upsetting to Mr Connolly's family and friends. A post-mortem examination has been carried out, but gardaí said the results are not being released for operational reasons. Gardaí have appealed to people not to share images relating to an incident in Athlone, which resulted in the death of a 47-year-old man.

Gardai are urging people not to share images and videos of the incident in Church Street, Athlone, which led to the death of Edenderry man, ...