Man remanded on assault charge

A man charged in connection with the death of a Polish man last weekend has been remanded in custody until October 21st.

A man charged in connection with the death of a Polish man last weekend has been remanded in custody until October 21st.

Edward Byrne (20), with an address at a YMCA hostel in Dublin 8 is charged with assault causing harm to Lukasz Rzeszutko (27).

An application for bail made by solicitor Orla Farrell on behalf of the accused was refused at Cloverhill District Court.

Mr Rzeszutko had been on his way to work at a fish processing plant at the Newtown Industrial Estate in Coolock early last Saturday morning when he was assaulted by a number of men.

Mr Rzeszutko sustained serious head injuries and died at Beaumont Hospital on Monday.