A man is due to appear in court in Athlone today charged with criminal damage.
The man, who is in his late twenties, was arrested in County Roscommon yesterday following an incident in the Marine View area of the town in the early hours of Sunday morning.
During the incident, a second man who is in his mid thirties received serious head and facial injuries.
He remains at Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
