Youth goes on run after four stabbed in drinking row

GARDAÍ are hunting a youth after a drink-fuelled row led to four people being stabbed, one of whom is in a serious condition after undergoing emergency surgery.

The incident, which is understood to have involved at least eight people aged between 17 and 20, occurred at 6.30pm yesterday at Hollyhill Lane in Knocknaheeny, Cork city.

It is understood a number of young men, some of whom are known to gardaí, had been drinking in a car park beside a local off-licence when an ongoing row escalated into violence.