File for DPP over Athlone stabbing

Two men arrested yesterday in connection with a stabbing in Athlone in the early hours of Saturday have been released without…

Two men arrested yesterday in connection with a stabbing in Athlone in the early hours of Saturday have been released without charge

A file is being prepared and will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A Dublin man was stabbed in the neck in the town yesterday morning at approximately 5 a.m. He remains in a serious but stable condition at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.

The in his 40s, was injured when a row broke out outside a pub in the town centre.

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Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to the incident to contact them.