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05/06/2009
Man Stabbed To Death In Carlow
A woman has been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in County Carlow.
The incident occurred in an apartment in Barrow Mills, Graiguecullen, Carlow at approximately 2am in the early hours of Friday morning.
The 37-year-old man was taken to St Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny with stab wounds. He was later pronounced dead.
A 40-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and is being detained at Carlow Garda Station. The woman was also later taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
Gardaí in Carlow are investigating and the scene has been preserved for a Garda technical examination. The Office of the State Pathologist has also been notified.
The incident comes within days of the stabbing to death of a 20-year-old man in what is believed to have been an unprovoked attack in Galway.
Kieran Cunningham, from Slieve Finn in Co Galway, died from stab wounds he received minutes after leaving a nightclub in the city centre in the early hours of Wednesday night.
Gardai have asked anyone who was in the area of Barrow Mills apartments in Graiguecullen and may have witnessed or possess information on the Carlow incident to contact them at Carlow Garda station on 059 9136620.
(DW/JM)
The incident occurred in an apartment in Barrow Mills, Graiguecullen, Carlow at approximately 2am in the early hours of Friday morning.
The 37-year-old man was taken to St Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny with stab wounds. He was later pronounced dead.
A 40-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and is being detained at Carlow Garda Station. The woman was also later taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
Gardaí in Carlow are investigating and the scene has been preserved for a Garda technical examination. The Office of the State Pathologist has also been notified.
The incident comes within days of the stabbing to death of a 20-year-old man in what is believed to have been an unprovoked attack in Galway.
Kieran Cunningham, from Slieve Finn in Co Galway, died from stab wounds he received minutes after leaving a nightclub in the city centre in the early hours of Wednesday night.
Gardai have asked anyone who was in the area of Barrow Mills apartments in Graiguecullen and may have witnessed or possess information on the Carlow incident to contact them at Carlow Garda station on 059 9136620.
(DW/JM)
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