Updated 12.30

Gardai in Swords are calling on anyone who videoed a brutal assault on the Main Street in the town to come forward. 

The victim, a man in his 40s – originally from Nigeria – is in a critical at Beaumont Hospital after he was attacked with a baseball bat at around 12.20 yesterday afternoon.

Another man – who’s also from Nigeria - was arrested and he’s being quizzed at Coolock Garda Station.