Fears family feud may escalate after brutal death

GARDAÍ have expressed concerns that a violent feud between rival families may escalate in the coming days following the killing of a married father of two.

Gerard Delaney, 51, died early yesterday after he was beaten and stabbed multiple times outside a bar on the southside of Cork city.

Mr Delaney did not have convictions for serious crime and had tried to keep himself out of a family feud with the Crinnion family and their associates.