A 31-year-old man appeared before Nenagh District Court charged with assault and burglary in relation to the incident.

The man and a teenage girl were arrested when gardaí stopped a vehicle on the southside of the city, which contained large packages of cocaine.

It’s understood Mr Connolly, of Skehennarinky, south-west Tipperary, was participating in a charity bike outing at the time of the alleged incident in which he suffered serious injuries and died in hospital