An inquest into the death of a man who was critically injured during a row outside a Cork pub has been adjourned pending a manslaughter trial.

A grandfather who was assaulted while trying to calm tensions outside a Cork City pub suffered fatal head injuries consistent with a fall onto the back of the head.

A man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Co Cork last weekend after which a 57-year-old man died.

A grandfather who was left in a critical condition after a serious assault in Cork City at the weekend died in hospital yesterday.

A married man in his 50s is in a critical condition as gardaí continue an investigation into the fight outside a Cork pub that left him with serious head injuries.