Arrest made as man attacked with bottle sustains serious injuries

A garda source has indicated that the incident could have been a "close-run thing" after the victim sustained a severed artery and lost a huge amount of blood.

An ambulance outside the emergency department at CUH. File Picture: Denis Minihane

A man has been arrested for questioning in Cork City after a 59-year-old man almost bled to death after he sustained a slash wound to his head on New Year's Day.

Gardaí were called to a house on Magazine Rd on the southside of Cork City shortly before 5pm yesterday. They were told that a man living in the house had incurred serious injuries after being struck with a bottle, and was at risk of bleeding to death.