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A violent mob is being hunted for a brutal attack on Dublin man in Leitrim.

Newly-wed Ger Doolan, 40, is critically ill in Beaumont Hospital after the vicious assault in Carrick-on-Shannon.

It is understood he was hit several times in the head by a group of men and women after a confrontation outside a chipper on the town's Main Street in the early hours of last Sunday.

He was initially brought to Sligo University Hospital but on Monday was transferred to the Beaumont, which specialises in treating head injuries.

According to the Irish Independent, Mr Doolan married recently and a friend described him as “one of the nicest lads you could meet”.

It is understood there was no motive for the attack, carried out by at least three people.

A number of witnesses have been quizzed about what they saw but no arrests have been made yet.