A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Cork as the Garda continues its investigation into an attack in the city last month which left a student on life-support machine.
Today’s arrest is the fourth in connection to the attack on Mr Dennis Franklin, who was found unconscious by gardaí at Kifts Lane off Grand Parade in Cork shortly after 2 a.m. on February 17th.
The Cork Institute of Technology student from Pallasgreen in Limerick suffered severe head injuries after a row broke out among a number of youths in South Main Street at 1 a.m. The argument moved up to Grand Parade. The attack on Mr Franklin was reported to have been unprovoked.
Three men were arrested by investigating gardaí on March 2nd. They were later released without charge and files have been sent to the DPP, a garda spokeswoman said.
Gardaí today arrested the teenager in the Douglas area of the city at about 8 a.m. He is being held at Togher garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.