A man appeared before a special sitting of the Galway District Court charged with assaulting a 36-year-old man who subsequently died after sustaining head injuries early this morning.
29-year-old Joseph McCarthy, a native of Moyross in Co Limerick and of no fixed abode, was charged with assaulting Colman Barrett, causing him harm at or within the grounds of St Patrick's Church, Forster Street, Galway, in the early hours of this morning.
McCarthy was remanded in custody by Judge Mary Fahy and will appear before Galway District Court again next Monday.
Colman Barrett was found in the grounds of the church suffering from serious head injuries. Gardaí and ambulance staff were called, and he was removed to University College Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
