Gardaí launch hunt for mugger with syringe

GARDAÍ are hunting for a man who threatened to stab another man with a syringe in an attempted robbery.

The attacker approached the 19-year-old victim close to a pub on Cork’s Western Road early on Thursday morning. He told the man he had a syringe in his pocket and would jab him if he didn’t cooperate.

He demanded cash and took a mobile phone before forcing the victim to walk almost two miles to an ATM on North Main Street.