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Roisin Cullen & Anita McSorley

Huge brawl at Dublin fun fair with 'rubber duck thrown' sees two hospitalised as gardai investigate

A huge brawl at a fun fair in Dublin resulted in two young men being taken to hospital.

Gardai have launched an investigation into the assault, which happened in Finglas last night.

Emergency services were called to the scene at at Charlestown Place around 8.10pm on Saturday.

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Video footage of the brawl, published on our sister site, Dublin Live, shows gangs of youths punching each other and destroying a fairground stand. One even throws a rubber duck from the amusement.

A young man on the ground is repeatedly kicked and punched as he tries to get to his feet.

Many are then seen fleeing the scene by jumping over the barrier of a stand.

One teenage boy and another man aged in his 20s were rushed to hospital following the incident.

Gardai were called to the scene and an investigation has been launched.

A Garda spokesperson told Dublin Live: "Gardai and emergency services attended an incident of assault that occurred in Charlestown Place, Finglas, Co Dublin at approximately 8:10pm last night, 8 th October 2022.

"Two men, one aged in his teens and another in his twenties, were conveyed to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries sustained as a result of this incident.

"No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing."

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