Michael Sinnott, Debbie Malloy and Michael Doyle of our newsteam. A twenty five year old man has been remanded in custody charged with assault Monday following the death of a nineteen year old teenager in Wexford town early yesterday morning. Evidence of arrest, caution and charge were given by detective garda Ken Piper. The accused was charged with assault under Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
Further charges are likely at a later date.
Donnelly was arrested early Sunday morning following the fatal stabbing of Gordon Farrell at a house in Bernadette Place, Wexford. Gardai went to the house following a 999 call where they found thedeceased lying on a couch with what appeared to be stab wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene and a full-scale murder investigation was started. A post mortem examination on the body was carried out by the Assistant State Pathologist, Dr. Sixteen hundred workers at Waterford Crystal's factories in Waterford and Dungarvan have been told the company is to introduce short-time working as soon as possible.