Gardaí in Cork have appealed for witnesses after a pedestrian was critically injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a suspected stolen car.

A “highly intelligent” Russian man entered Garda headquarters in Cork as a trespasser and went on a walkabout on the first, second, and third floors.

Gardaí are questioning a man about a spate of brutal machete attacks in Cork City in which three people including two teenagers, were seriously injured.