Three hospitalised after Co Louth stabbings

A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital with abdominal wounds after being stabbed in Dundalk, Co Louth this morning.

A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital with abdominal wounds after being stabbed in Dundalk, Co Louth this morning.

His wounds are not thought to be life-threatening.

The incident happened at around 7.30 a.m. outside a house in the Muirheavna Mór estate.

Another man in his twenties and a woman in her forties also received cuts in the incident.

They were also taken to Louth County Hospital.

No-one has yet been arrested in connection with the incident.

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Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins a contributor to The Irish Times based in Sydney