Gardaí arrest man after woman fatally stabbed

A WOMAN was fatally stabbed in Roscommon yesterday evening and a man was later arrested by gardaí.

Her body was discovered in a house on Lanesboro street in Roscommon town.

Gardaí said the woman, who was in her 20s, was fatally wounded during a stabbing incident shortly after 7pm. She had received a number of stab wounds.

A man in his 30s was arrested a short time later. He was being detained at Roscommon Garda station last night.

The man was being held under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act.

He can be detained for up to 24 hours.

Last night the house, which is opposite a car dealership, and the road were sealed off pending examination by the Garda Technical Bureau.

The State Pathologist's office had also been asked to carry out an investigation at the scene.

The two-storey house is located off the main Roscommon to Longford road and is not far from the centre of the town.

It is understood that the woman was Brazilian and that she had known the man who was arrested.

However, gardaí would not disclose her identity last night.

The woman's body was to remain at the scene overnight.