Readers like you keep news free for everyone.
More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.
For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.
Google Street View
Main Street, Carrick-on-Shannon.
# Leitrim
Two arrested over assault in Carrick-on-Shannon as victim remains critical
Gardaí have said there was an altercation between the man and a group of people on 17 July.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE been arrested this morning over an assault in Leitrim that left a man fighting for his life.
The serious assault occurred on 17 July, when gardaí received reports of a man lying on the main street in Carrick-on-Shannon. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man lying on the road. He was taken to Sligo University Hospital and gardaí said he remains in critical condition today.
The 30-year-old is understood to have been involved in an altercation with a group of people, both male and female, on the footpath of Main Street which then spilled out onto the road. A number of witnesses were interviewed and CCTV footage from the area was also reviewed.
Gardaí said a man and woman, both in their 20s, were arrested in the Leitrim area this morning in connection with the incident.
Anyone with any information can contact Carrick-on-Shannon Garda Station on 071 9650510 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
Read: Man in critical condition after fight with group of men and women>
