Man allegedly assaulted in inner west on 29 December died in hospital on Monday night

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Two Irish nationals are facing murder charges after a man assaulted in Sydney’s inner west died in hospital.

Christopher McLaughlin, 24, and Nathan Kelly 21, were charged with reckless grievous bodily harm in company and affray after emergency services found the 66-year-old injured on the side of the road at Summer Hill on 29 December.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was taken to Royal Prince Alfred hospital in a critical condition.

He died on Monday night.

Police have upgraded the charges against McLaughlin and Kelly to murder.

They remain behind bars and are expected to appear at Burwood local court on Wednesday.

The two men, both from the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, had been in Australia for a few months, according to Irish media reports.