No racial motive in McDonald’s security guard assault
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
There was no racial abuse involved in the assault of a security guard at a city McDonald’s outlet, Judge John King was told, when he viewed photographs of the injuries caused, presented to him by prosecuting Gardaí at Galway District Court on Monday.
The accused before him, Dylan Finn (no fixed address) currently in custody and originally from Mayo, was brought before the court from prison to answer a number of charges relating to the assault and breaking into a Londis shop and stealing alcohol.
At a recent hearing Finn was granted bail despite strong Garda objections. Judge Valerie Corcoran made it a condition of his bail that he stay out of Galway city, and she did not impose the usual Garda Station sign-on condition as she feared that would give Finn the excuse to return to Galway.
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