Man fatally injured in Listowel assault dies, prompting murder probe upgrade

Glen Keane, a 21-year-old resident of Slí na Spéire, Listowel, suffered severe head injuries in an assault outside a Square pub at about 8.40 pm on September 24, amid the Listowel Racing Festival. He was initially admitted to University Hospital Kerry, then transferred to Cork University Hospital, where he stayed in intensive care for a month before passing away late Saturday. Gardaí arrested three men—one in his 30s and two in their 20s—under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, but all were released without charge the following day. Following Keane’s death, the police have requested a post-mortem from the State Pathologist’s Office and expect to elevate the case from assault to murder once the autopsy results are received.