LAST UPDATE | 2 Jul

A CANADIAN TOURIST who was beaten and attacked on O’Connell Street and Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin last month has died.

Neno Dolmajian, from Montreal and aged in his 40s, was taken to the Mater Hospital shortly after the attack in the early hours of 23 June, where he died today.

Four men have been arrested in connection to this incident so far. Two men have been charged and appeared for before the Criminal Courts of Justice last week.

Madalin Ghiuzan, with an address at Summerhill Parade, Dublin 1, and Ionut Danca, with an address at Rathdown Square, North Circular Road, Dublin 7, appeared separately before Dublin District Court last week charged with the alleged assault.

The men were rejected bail due to the seriousness of the alleged offences and flight risk concerns.

“As this matter is currently before the courts no further information is available,” a garda spokesperson said.

A court heard last week that Dolmajian, a construction worker from the Quebec province of Canada, was in the intensive care unit of the Mater Hospital and remained “unresponsive” after the attack.

Dolmajian was knocked to the ground during the attack, Dublin District Court was told last week.

According to evidence presented by Garda Sergeant Sean McCarthy to the court, the assault took place after the deceased had approached a group of men and had engaged in a short conversation. 

President Judge Paul Kelly heard last week that Dolmajian had not regained consciousness at the scene and was brought to the Mater Hospital, where he remained unresponsive at that time..

Investigations are ongoing, a spokesperson for gardaí added.

Responding to a question from Aontú TD Peadar Tóibín today, Taoiseach Simon Harris expressed his “absolute sympathy to the family and friends of the Canadian tourists to who has just passed”.