LAST UPDATE | 13 Jan 2023
GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a man in his 50s on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman in her 40s was found in an apartment in Dublin this morning.
He is currently being detained at Finglas Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The woman’s body was discovered in a apartment complex in Royal Canal Park, Ashtown this morning.
Sources have said that the woman was stabbed multiple times. Gardaí are not believed to be looking for anyone else in the case.
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the incident at approximately 10am.
The woman was found unresponsive in the apartment and was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The scene was preserved to allow for a forensic and technical examination by the Garda Technical Bureau.
The Office of the State Pathologist has been notified and a post-mortem examination will be conducted at the Dublin City Mortuary.
Gardaí said investigations are ongoing and further updates will follow.
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