Man critical as gardaí probe row outside pub

A married man in his 50s is in a critical condition as gardaí continue an investigation into the fight outside a Cork pub that left him with serious head injuries.

It is not clear at this stage if his injuries are the direct result of being assaulted or if he fell and hit his head on the ground near the Red Cove Inn in Mahon in the early hours of Saturday morning. The scene was sealed off for technical examination after the incident around closing time at the southside suburban bar.

The 57-year-old is from the Mahon area and was in the Red Cove Inn on Friday night where a birthday party is believed to have been taking place. His family were at his bedside over the weekend at Cork University Hospital, where he was in a critical condition last night.