Updated 8.16am

DUBLIN FOOTBALLER JONNY Cooper has said he is “humbled” by the support he has received after he was stabbed in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning.

“Absolutely humbled by the msgs & calls over the last few hours! Thank you all! I have an amazing group of friends and family,” he wrote on Twitter.

The 24-year-old GAA star was released from the Mater hospital yesterday evening after sustaining knife wounds to the neck and face.

Gardaí are investigating the incident.

The attack happened on Lower Dorset Street at about 5.30am on Saturday. It is understood Cooper was walking home from a night out and had stopped at a fast-food takeaway. The attack occurred outside the premises.

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His club, Na Fianna, tweeted on Saturday:

We can confirm that Johnny Cooper was injured in an incident that is under Garda investigation, we would like to wish him a speedy recovery.
— CLG Na Fianna (@clgNaFianna) September 20, 2014

CLG Na Fianna / Twitter

Messages of support have also started to appear on social media sites from other GAA clubs wishing him well.

Speedy recovery to @clgNaFianna and @DubGAAOfficial man Johnny Cooper who was brutally assaulted last night from all in St Brigids.
— St. Brigid's GAA (@StBrigidsGAA) September 20, 2014

StBrigidsGAA / Twitter

Thoughts go to @clgNaFianna man Johnny Cooper @jcoops after a horrific assault last night. All in #TheMun wish him a speedy recovery
— Ballymun Kickhams GAC❤️💚 (@BallymunGAA) September 20, 2014

Ballymun Kickhams / Twitter

Best wishes & speedy recovery to @clgNaFianna & @DubGAAOfficial footballer @jcoops
— Skerries Harps (@SkerriesHarps) September 20, 2014

Skerries Harps / Twitter

Na Fianna were knocked out of the Dublin Senior Football Championship on Friday night, defeated by Templeogue Synge Street by one point.

It was the second stabbing in Dublin on Saturday morning. The second, in Blanchardstown, saw a man in his early 20s taken to hospital just after 5am. He is being treated for knife wounds.

Additional reporting by Christine Bohan

Read: Two men stabbed in Dublin early this morning

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