Hospital worker in fraud probe tries to kill self

A HSE employee at the centre of a fraud investigation at a Cork City hospital was hospitalised after attacking gardaí and attempting to take his own life.

The man cut himself with what is believed to have been a letter opener after gardaí arrived at St Mary’s hospital in Gurranabraher on Friday morning to seize documents.

Officers had to call for support and the man, who was said to be middle-aged, was subdued with pepper spray.