Two gardaí hospitalised after attack

Officers from the Armed Regional Support Unit and Garda dog unit had to use pepper spray to subdue a man after he attacked and assaulted two gardaí in the northside of Cork City last night.

The two officers, based at Gurranabraher Garda Station, were responding to a domestic incident in Blarney St at 8.15pm when they were attacked by a man in his 30s.

During the ensuing struggle, one officer suffered head and neck injuries. His colleague sustained injuries to his hand. They were treated at Mercy University Hospital.