Tributes are being paid for a former junior Republic of Ireland soccer player who died after being attacked in Limerick on Friday night.
The 48 year old man, named locally as Alan Bourke of St Mary's Park in Limerick, was a talented striker in the nineties and was capped for the Republic of Ireland junior soccer team.
He was the victim of a fatal assault outside Colbert Train Station on Parnell Street in Limerick at 10.25pm on Friday.
Superintendent Dermot O'Connor, says no arrests have been made as yet - and Gardaí are checking CCTV and appealing for anyone with information to come forward:
"For any person who was in Parnell Street area in Limerick. Good Friday between 10pm and 10:40pm. To contact us for any person who's in the Parnell street, nearby Lord Edward street and Davis Street, who have camera footage, including dashcam footage to make that footage available to are investigating Gardaí."
