Gardaí hunt armed gang who stabbed and beat man in home

Gardaí are hunting for a gang of armed and masked men who smashed their way into a house and viciously beat and stabbed a man in front of his terrified partner and young child.

Forensic experts conducted a detailed examination of the house in Tower, near Blarney, on the outskirts of Cork City, following the brutal attack.

The 24-year-old victim suffered a broken arm and several stab wounds to his body and head and was still being treated in Cork University Hospital yesterday.