Listowel assault investigation expected to be upgraded to murder inquiry after man’s death
An assault investigation in Listowel, Ireland, is expected to be upgraded to a murder inquiry following the death of 21-year-old Glen Keane. Keane had been in critical condition for a month after an attack during a local festival.
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A young man who was seriously injured in an assault in Co Kerry last month has died in hospital.
Glen Keane (21), from Slí na Spéire, Listowel, had been in a critical condition at Cork University Hospital ( CUH ) for the past month but died late on Saturday night.
He had been transferred to CUH after initially being brought to University Hospital Kerry following an assault in Listowel town centre on September 24th, during the Listowel Racing Festival.
Glen Keane suffered significant head injuries in the attack, which happened outside a pub in the Square at around 8.40pm.
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