Gardaí probe separate incidents leaving two men critically injured

TWO young men were critically ill in hospital last night after suffering serious injuries in separate incidents in counties Tipperary and Cavan.

In the first incident, a 23-year-old man from Clonmel, Co Tipperary was left with severe head injuries at Gladstone Street in the town centre where a passer-by found him lying on the ground shortly before 3am yesterday.

He was being treated at Cork University Hospital where his condition was described as critical.