Gardaí responded to a call on the Westmeath border this morning.
Gardaí are investigating the fatal assault of a woman in her 20s in Athboy, County Meath today.
Gardaí responded to a call of an unresponsive woman in a house in the Rathmore area in the early hours of this morning.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, which is currently preserved for forensic and technical examination.
A man aged in his 30s was later arrested at a different location and is currently detained in Ashbourne Garda Station.
The body of a woman in her 20s who was stabbed to death at a house at around 5am this morning in Rathmore near Athboy in Co Meath has just been removed from the scene. Man in his 30s in Garda custody. pic.twitter.com/FIByzVNiLn
— John Hand (@johnhand_) August 12, 2022
These people in neighbouring Athboy say they're shocked by the news:
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