Gardaí are today investigating an attack in Cork in which a 14-year-old boy was assaulted with a hammer.
The youth is understood to have been struck on the head during a fight between two teenagers on a patch of waste ground near Fair Hill yesterday afternoon.
The victim was brought to Cork University Hospital where his condition is today described as stable.
Although no arrests have been made, gardaí said they are following a definite line of inquiry.