A MAN IS due before the district court this evening charged in connection with the stabbing of a woman in recent days.

The man was arrested by gardaí following the assault of a woman in her 60s at a house in Innishannon, Co Cork on Friday afternoon.

A garda spokesperson confirmed that the man, who is in his 30′s, will appear at a special sitting of Bandon District Court this evening.

The woman remains in Cork University Hospital in a critical condition.

She had been taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital where she is currently in a critical condition. Sources said that the arrested man is known to the victim.

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Man due in court charged with the assault of a woman in her 60s in Cork

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