A 21-year old man co-accused of beating a man, who later died, into a coma admitted to gardaí that himself and his friend "just beat him to death".

A Cork man co-accused of beating a man into a coma who died nine months later admitted to gardaí that he and his friend "just beat him to death", a court heard today.

A Corkman who was left in a coma after an attack and died nine months later was in a "deeply comatose" state, a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Cork man was beaten, stamped upon and dropped on the ground in a vicious assault which eventually killed him, a court heard today.

A Cork man who was assaulted in Cork was left in "a continuing vegetative state" until he "suffered a cardiac arrest and died" nine months later, a court heard today.

A Chinese national who was in Cork to learn English was seriously assaulted by two men who knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head during a protracted assault and today one of the culprits was jailed for five years.

Two men were arrested and charged today with the murder of Christian Scully at Sober Lane, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, last year.

Two men were today arrested and charged with a serious assault in Cork city which left the victim on a life support machine this January.