Elderly man killed in Mercy attack named

A man in his 30s from the North side of Cork city is in custody and a major garda investigation into the matter is now underway

The ward where the incident occurred has been sealed off for a forensic examination. Picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí believe a man fatally assaulted at Cork's Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in the early hours of this morning did not know his alleged attacker. 

The man has been named locally as 89 year old Matthew Healy from Berrings, Co Cork.