Three people have been charged with the unlawful killing of the Leitrim student Andrew Dolan just before Christmas in Mullingar



Two men and a woman were brought before a special sitting of the district court this afternoon.

20-year-old bio-medical student, Andrew Dolan, was assaulted outside a chip shop in Mullingar after a Christmas night out on the 23 December 2011.

The Carrick-on-Shannon native sustained serious head injuries, and died ten days later in Beaumont hospital in Dublin.



19-year-old Jessica Hughes of Greenfield Heights, Rathwire, Killucan, Co Westmeath, 20-year-old Patrick Farrell of Cornamuckla, Broadford, Co Kildare and 22-year-old Patrick Daly of Mulphedder, Clonard, Co Meath were arrested at Mullingar garda station.

They had nothing to say when charged.

Gardaí did not object to an application for bail on their behalf.

All three have surrendered their passports and will appear again at a sitting of the district court on 2 March.