A garda probe has been launched after a prisoner suffered an alleged sex attack by two fellow inmates in an Irish prison.
The incident in Cork Prison involved three prisoners and is understood to have happened last week.
A source said: "The prisoner was approached by two men, who are serving a sentence for a violent crime.
"They asked him did he have any drugs on him, he said he didn't and they began to search him.
"One of the men then stuck his finger into the alleged victim's anus.
"Prison officers became aware of it and after talking to the prisoner who was attacked, they informed gardai."
The Irish Prison Service confirmed to the Irish Mirror that they are investigating the incident along with An Garda Siochana.
Cork Prison is located on Rathmore Road on the Northside of Cork city - it is a new prison and houses more than 270 prisoners.
Sources said that CCTV systems will form a major part of the probe.
