Man arrested as woman in her 20s dies in Kilkenny

The woman was discovered with serious injuries at around midday.

GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a man following the suspicious death of a woman in her 20s.

The woman was discovered in a house at Bridge Street shortly after midday with serious injuries. She was taken to St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny where she later died.

A garda spokesman said: “Gardaí investigating the death of a woman in Freshford, Co Kilkenny, have arrested a man this afternoon.

“The scene at the house in sealed off and is undergoing a forensic technical examination. The office of the State Pathologist has been notified and a post-mortem examination will be carried out on the body of the woman.”

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