FOUR PEOPLE HAVE been injured in an aggravated burglary in the Mayfield area of Cork overnight.

Two women aged in their 20s and 40s and a 10-year-old boy received stab wounds at a house on Glanmire Road at 11pm.

They were all taken to Cork University Hospital with serious injuries. An 18-year-old woman in the house also received minor injuries.

Gardaí assisted by members of the Regional Support Unit have arrested a man in his 50s in relation to this incident.

He is currently detained at Mayfield Garda Station and gardaí said investigations are continuing.

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Child (10) among three stabbed during burglary in Cork

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