23/09/2014

Woman Critical After Stabbing In Dublin 8

A woman is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after a stabbing incident in Dublin 8.

Gardaí say that the woman, aged in her 40s, was stabbed a number of times in an incident on the stairwell of a flat complex on School Street.

The scene has been preserved pending a forensic examination.

The woman is being treated at St James's Hospital.

Gardaí arrested a man in his 40s a short time after the attack.

(MH/CD)

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