Funeral of Galway man who died after pub election row

The funeral of a Galway man who died following an altercation at a post election celebratory party takes place this evening.
Liam Horan of Mervue will be reposing at O’Flaherty’s Funeral home from 6pm to 8pm followed by removal to St Mary’s Church in the Claddagh. Mr Horan, a native of Bohermore and in his sixties, died on Monday morning at University Hospital Galway where he was brought by ambulance from Crowe’s Pub in Prospect Hill.
He had been enjoying the election celebrations of the Crowe brothers, Ollie, the pub’s licencee and Michael John, both Fianna Fáil members who retained their seats of Galway City Council.
It is believed that there was a verbal altercation between Mr Horan and another man who was also at the party and that the deceased man fell onto the ground and never got up. Mr Horan, a separated father of one, was given CPR for 15 minutes until the ambulance arrived to bring him to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning. He was announced dead a few hours later apparently of a cardiac arrest.
A local man was questioned by Gardaí at Galway Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act in relation to the altercation in the bar. That man was released without charge on Tuesday morning. Gardaí are still investigating the incident and are seeking witnesses to the row between the two men earlier.
State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy carried out a post mortem on Mr Horan on Monday afternoon, but its findings are not being released yet for “operational reasons.” Gardaí carried out a full forensic investigation of Crowes Bar which reopened on Tuesday.

For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.