Gardaí investigating the death of a man in Navan last month have made two arrests this morning.
Martin O’Gorman (63) , a native of Athlone, died after he was attacked by a group of people on Academy Street in Navan on June 21st.
The two males, aged 16 and 19, are being held at Kells and Navan Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act,1984.
Yesterday, gardaí said they were seeking to speak to a number of people who may have been around Academy Street shortly before 12.30am on Monday, June 21st.
These include a man cycling along Academy Street in direction of the Dublin Road at around 12.20am. Information is also being sought on a black VW Golf - or similar type car - that was heading along Academy Street towards the Dublin Road around 12.30am and a saloon motor car travelling towards the town at the same time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Navan Garda station 046-9079930, or the Garda confidential line on 1800 666111.
Mr O’Gorman, who was single, was found lying on the ground between two parked cars by a taxi-driver, who called an ambulance and gardaí. CCTV footage in the area has been examined, and gardaí believe up to four people, possibly two of whom were women, may have attacked him.
Mr O’Gorman was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and he was subsequently transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where he died.
Mr O’Gorman, a GAA fan, had been in Navan to socialise after Meath’s victory over Laois in Tullamore.