Cork pensioner, 68, stabbed after confronting burglar

A 68-year-old man was being treated for a stab wound in hospital last night after being attacked by a burglar who had broken into his home in the Cork suburb of Douglas.

At approximately 4.30pm yesterday the victim returned home to the Cross Douglas Road and found the intruder in his house.

According to gardaí a struggle ensued and the victim received a head injury and was stabbed in the stomach.