A teenager is still being questioned this morning after a man was seriously injured in an assault in Cavan Town over the weekend. It happened outside a licensed premises on the Main Street just before midnight on Friday .
A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the assault and remains in a critical condition. He is being treated in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. No-one else was injured.
A 17-year-old has since been arrested in connection with the incident and is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda Station in the Louth/Cavan/Monaghan Division.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who was in the Main Street area of Cavan Town between 11 p.m. and midnight on Friday into Saturday morning and who may have any information to contact them. Cavan Garda Station can be contacted on 049-4368800.
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