LAST UPDATE | 17 Oct 2019

A MAN IS due in court this morning charged over the stabbing of a man in Cork city earlier this month.  

The man, who is in his 30s, was arrested yesterday after searches were carried out by detective gardaí from the serious crime unit in Cork City yesterday. 

He is due to appear before Cork City District Court at 10.30 am this morning. 

A woman in her 20s was also arrested yesterday but she has since been released without charge.

At around 10.45am on 1 October, a 41-year-old man was sitting in a parked car on North Main Street with a young child when he was approached and stabbed a number of times by a lone male. 

It’s understood his assailant ran from the scene in the direction of Adelaide Street. 

The injured man was taken to Cork University Hospital where he was treated for a number of apparent stab wounds. 

- With reporting by Rónán Duffy