Overview

• Gardaí responded shortly after 9pm on Saturday, 11 October, to a serious assault in Knockane, Co. Tipperary.
• A man in his 40s was treated at the scene and taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital with severe injuries.
• He is in critical condition, according to the latest media reports.
• Two men in their 20s were arrested later and are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in Co. Tipperary.
• Media outlets report the victim was doused in petrol and set on fire, while Gardaí say inquiries are ongoing and no charges have been announced.