Cork man survives Iraq car bomb blast

AN Irishman, working with a private security firm in Iraq, is recovering in hospital after surviving a car bomb attack that killed several colleagues.

The injured Co Cork man sustained mainly shrapnel wounds to the leg after the attack in the northern part of the country on Tuesday morning.

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that an Irish citizen had been injured. A spokesperson declined to divulge details but said the “wounded man was recovering in hospital”.