Overview
- Gardaí said the man was identified following the release of an image of a right‑forearm tattoo reading 'Ceol is Beatha'.
- Two men, aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested on Friday night and are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at separate Dublin Garda stations.
- The victim remains in a critical condition at Beaumont Hospital.
- Gardaí appealed for anyone with information or mobile or dash‑cam footage from Cope Street between midnight and 1am to contact Pearse Street Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.
- The assault occurred at about 12:30 a.m. after the man arrived on an e‑scooter, and he was beaten, struck with the scooter, left unconscious, and attacked again, suffering a broken arm.