Appeal for witnesses to two assaults

Two separate weekend assaults in Cork City left one man in a critical condition and a woman in need of treatment in hospital.

The 30-year-old man suffered serious injuries following a blow to the head at about 2.20am on Sunday morning near the Grafton Bar on Oliver Plunkett St.

The man, who lives in the Gurranabraher area of the city but is believed to be from the Middle East, made his way home but fell ill and was rushed to Cork University Hospital where he underwent brain surgery.