Two men have been hospitalised and two arrested following a serious assault in Cork last night. 

It happened at Dunmanway, Co Cork, shortly after 7pm. 

Two men, aged in their 30s, have been taken to Cork University Hospital with serious injuries. 

The scene of the incident is currently preserved for a technical examination. 

Two men, in their 30s and 70s, were arrested and are currently detained at a Garda station in the Southern Region