Balaclava-clad assailant shot man in Cork city this morning

Victim, 42, was shot in the stomach while leaving an apartment in the early hours of the morning

Gardaí at the scene of an incident in the Wilton area in Cork.

A scream followed by screeching tyres were heard by neighbours of a man shot in Cork city this morning.

The victim, 42 and a father of three, was shot in the stomach by a man wearing a balaclava as he walked to his car to get to work after 5am. He remains in a stable condition in hospital. It is understood there were multiple shots fired.