{"id":582308,"date":"2026-08-03T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/582308\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:04:08","slug":"those-boys-will-never-be-the-same-again-familys-appeal-after-brothers-assaulted-in-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/582308\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Those boys will never be the same again&#8217;: Family&#8217;s appeal after brothers assaulted in Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of two teenage brothers assaulted by two other males in a suburb of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/cork-news\/\">Cork<\/a> City are appealing to anyone with information about the incident to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Two boys, aged 17 and 15, were attacked on Ballinure Avenue in Mahon at around 9.30pm on Friday. The 17-year-old spent two nights in hospital for treatment, according to his aunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She said on Monday evening that the injuries included concussion, a broken nose, two black eyes, and body and facial injuries \u201cthat no teenagers should receive from walking from a shop to your home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The aunt told the  Irish Examiner: \u201cBoth boys were injured. The 17-year-old required hospital treatment as he took the brunt of the attack. The 15-year-old did not require hospitalisation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She said that she was \u201cutterly shocked and devastated\u201d about the incident. She added:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Those boys will never be the same again.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Physical injuries will heal but emotional and psychological won&#8217;t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She appealed to people in the Mahon area to \u201ccome forward as witnesses and please make sure the perpetrators are held responsible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/an-garda-s%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na_topic-5076620.html\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/a> said: \u201cGarda\u00ed at Blackrock are investigating an assault on a 17-year-old male that occurred on Ballinure Avenue, Mahon, shortly after 9.30pm on Friday, July 31,2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It is understood that the victim was approached and assaulted by two male youths during the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHe was subsequently brought to hospital for medical treatment. His injuries are not life-threatening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Witnesses are asked to contact Blackrock Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of two teenage brothers assaulted by two other males in a suburb of Cork City are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-582308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}