Woman hospitalised with life-threatening injuries following assault in Cork city

The incident took place outside the former Savoy cinema on St Patrick where a soup kitchen feeding homeless people was operating at the time.

Gardaí are appealing for information after a woman was hospitalised with serious head injuries following an assault in Cork city on Sunday evening.

The incident took place outside the former Savoy cinema on St Patrick where a soup kitchen feeding homeless people was operating at the time. Gardaí were called to the scene at 8pm and found a woman lying unresponsive on the ground.