A man has been arrested after an assault that left a man in a serious condition in hospital at the weekend.
At around 3am on Saturday, August 3 gardai attended the scene of the incident, a car park of a fast food restaurant in the Belgard Road area of Tallaght in Dublin.
Officers had heard reports of a man in his early 40s having received facial injuries in an assault.
The man did not receive medical attention at the scene, but went to Beaumont Hospital the following day and remains there in a serious condition today.
A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident and is detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Gardai are appealing for anyone who was in the Belgard Road area in the early hours of Saturday morning, between 2.30am and 3.30am, who may have witnessed the incident to contact them.
They can be reached at Tallaght Garda Station on 01 666 6000 or on the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
