Gardai cornered off a section of a Dublin city area after a horrific late-night incident.
A manhunt is now under way to find the attacker behind the vicious assault that took place at Wolfe Tone Park near Jervis Street just after 8pm on Wednesday.
A source told Dublin Live that the alarm was raised to Gardai after the victim of the attack, a man in his 40s, was found lying on the ground "covered in blood".
They said: "The man was badly assaulted in Wolfe Tone Park near Jervis Street.
"He was found by Gardai at around 8:15pm. He was still on the ground and covered in blood.
"It looked like he had gotten lumps taken out of him and was in a very bad way.
"It looked worrying for some time as he wasn't moving but thankfully he regained consciousness."
The source added: "This area in particular has gotten extremely bad for violence lately, especially during lockdown.
"Nearly every second day, somebody is getting attacked around here."
A Garda spokeswoman said: "Gardaí are investigating an assault which occurred in Wolfe Tone Square on the 3 March at approximately 8:00pm.
"A male aged in his 40s received non-life threatening injuries."
She added: "No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing."
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