Two arrested in connection with Cork sex assaults

Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into a serious assault on a woman in Cork last month.

The woman, who is in her 30s, was attacked on the grounds of the Church of the Holy Ghost at Dennehy's Cross on December 3.

The men, aged in their late teens and early 20s, were arrested at addresses in Mallow and Kanturk before 8am today.

They will be questioned about two separate attacks in Cork in the early hours of December 3 last.

Gardaí are also investigating an earlier attack on a woman in her 20s near the Mercy Hospital.

The two men who were detained this morning have been brought to the Bridewell and Togher garda stations.