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Gardaí

Five men arrested in relation to serious assault in Monasterevin

The incident resulted in the death of 29-year-old Dylan McCarthy.

FIVE MEN HAVE been arrested following an investigation into a serious assault in Monasterevin in Kildare last month.

Gardaí said the men are all aged in their 20s.

The incident resulted in the death of 29-year-old Dylan McCarthy, from Kilmallock in Limerick.

McCarthy had been attending a family event in Monasterevin. He was found unresponsive in Dublin Street after reports of a row involving a group of people at the entrance of a premises.

He was taken to Tallaght University Hospital, where he died.

Investigations are ongoing.

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