Two men are in custody after a man was beaten with an iron bar during an attempted robbery in Cork this evening.

The attack happened as the victim was parking his van in the Churchfield Industrial Estate on the North side of the city at around five o 'clock.

The man who was attacked is in his 30s, he sustained serious injuries and is being treated at Cork University hospital.

Two men - aged 19 and 25, have been arrested and are being questioned at Gurranabraher garda station.