A murder investigation is set to be launched after the body of a 27-year-old mother of two was found in an apartment in Midleton, Co Cork.
The dead woman has been named locally as Daena Walsh who lived at an apartment in John Barry House off the Main Street in the town.
A man who was known to the deceased has been arrested on suspicion of her murder. The 29-year-old man is being detained at Midleton Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
The alarm was raised shortly after 4.15pm on Friday when gardaí were informed that there had been an incident at the property. Ms Walsh was found in the apartment with serious injuries. It is understood she had been stabbed.
Despite medical treatment she was pronounced dead a short time later. A postmortem examination will be carried out at Cork University Hospital by Dr Yvonne McCarthy from the Office of the State Pathologist.
Meanwhile, firefighters also attended at the scene as a section of the property was alight….
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