A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions following the release this morning of two men arrested yesterday over the death of a man who was stabbed in Cork last December.
Detectives investigating the death of 52-year-old Gerard Delaney outside the Manhattan bar in Ballyphehane on December 27th arrested two men in their late teens on the southside of the city yesterday morning
The men, who were arrested after 7.30am under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, were released in the early hours of this morning, gardaí said.
A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Delaney was one of a group of five men who went to the bar armed with baseball bats to confront a rival faction after an early incident in Quirkie’s bar in Ballyphehane.
Detectives believe that there were up to 20 members of a rival faction drinking in the lounge of the Manhattan when they were confronted by the other grouping which included Mr Delaney.
They believe that Mr Delaney was disarmed and attacked with the baseball bat and struck across the forehead while he was also stabbed a number of times during the fracas.
They believe that Mr Delaney was retreating to a waiting car when he was stabbed and was driven to a nearby house.
However, he collapsed soon afterwards and was rushed by family members to Cork University Hospital where he died a short time later from his injuries.