A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal assault in Killorglin, County Kerry over the weekend.

32-year-old Stephen O’Connor was critically injured during an incident outside a fast food restaurant in Killorglin in the early hours of Sunday morning.

He was taken to Cork University Hospital where he died on Monday.

This morning, Gardaí arrested a man in his 20s in connection with the incident. He is currently being held at Killarney Garda Station.

Gardaí said a post-mortem has been carried out on Mr O’Connor’s remains – however the results are not being released for operational reasons.

His family have asked for privacy at this time.