Violence mars Cork New Year celebrations

GARDAÍ had to deal with a vicious and unprovoked attack on a young man and a number of drink-fuelled violent incidents as the New Year arrived in Cork.

In a separate incident, gardaí were called to a care home on the north side of the city at 7.30am after a woman in her early 80s fell from a window.

A Garda spokesman said the woman was impaled on railings below and died from her injuries. Gardaí were treating her death as an accident.