A man and a woman appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with a violent assault on a young man in Tallaght in Dublin after which the victim died.
Dale Creighton (20) died yesterday from injuries received in an alleged assault on a pedestrian bridge at Priorsgate, St Dominic’s Road, Tallaght, at about 4am on New Year’s Day.
Mr Creighton suffered “catastrophic” injuries in the attack and was taken from the scene to Tallaght hospital before later being transferred to Beaumont Hospital.
Graham Palmer (24) with an address at Homelawn Road and Aisling Burke (20) of Bolbrook Grove in Tallaght were both charged with violent disorder at the Dublin District Court yesterday in relation to the attack.
Two other men, aged 27 and 23, were arrested yesterday afternoon and are currently detained at Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
Another man who was arrested on Wednesday night remains in Garda custody.
Mr Creighton was attending a house party, and is understood to have left following a dispute over a mobile phone.
Mr Creighton was pursued and set upon on the pedestrian bridge.
