A man has appeared in Drogheda District Court charged in relation to an alleged assault on a man in Louth last weekend.
Charles Hutchinson (31) of Barton Park in Dundalk is accused of assault causing harm to Laurence-Michael McGeown (60) at Fagans pub on Castletown Road in Dundalk last Friday night.
Mr. McGeown had been on a life support machine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
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He died yesterday after he was injured in the incident in which he suffered serious head injuries.
Mr. Hutchinson was remanded in custody with consent to bail.