A student who was found with serious head injuries in Dublin early on Saturday remained in critical condition yesterday in hospital as gardai made a fresh appeal for information.
The 24-year-old man was found by a fire brigade ambulance crew in the stairwell of the Rape Crisis Centre in Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, at about 7 a.m. after they responded to a emergency call.
Detectives at Harcourt Terrace Garda station said yesterday they wanted to hear from anybody who was in the vicinity between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. and might have information on the incident.
In particular, they were anxious for an American or Canadian man in his mid-20s to come forward. The man was at the scene when the ambulance arrived but had gone when the gardai appeared.
The Dublin Institute of Technology student is from Blackrock and yesterday was still in intensive care in St Vincent's Hospital. Five people were questioned at Harcourt Terrace Garda station on Sunday in connection with the incident. They were later released without charge.